Play Fitter

Do you enjoy working outside and taking pride in keeping your local environments? Are you qualified to weld? If so, this could be the role you've been looking for.

We are excited to be recruiting for a new Play Fitter to join our expanding Parks and Play team, this role is to help maintain Middlesbrough's play areas and the councils fleet of vehicles.

For the successful candidate this unique role involves a mixture of carrying out inspections, maintaining and repairing play areas across the town, carrying out welding tasks associated with routine maintenance and repairs of railings, foot bridges, fencing, as well as welding repairs to council vehicles.

To fulfil this role, you need to be fit, enthusiastic, polite, flexible and approachable, you must be qualified to carry out either or both MIG and STICK welding, hold a full driving license and have a basic knowledge of general workshop tools, along with a good understanding of Health & Safety. You will contribute to the development and implementation of our play strategy.

37 hours per week, Monday - Friday between 7:30am - 5.00pm

What We Offer

In return for your hard work and commitment, we offer an excellent benefits package, including:

Generous annual leave, with the option to purchase up to 10 additional days per year

Excellent pension scheme with top-up options

Staff networks run by our staff, for our staff

Flexible working, dependent on job role

Electric car lease scheme

Cycle to work scheme - and much more!

If this is you, this may be the opportunity you are looking for!

If this is you, this may be the opportunity you are looking for!