Tank Erector

About the job

Job Description

Job Title: Tank Erector

Location: Ellesmere Port

Position Type: Full time

Duration: 12 months

Start: ASAP

Wood is currently recruiting for an Tank Rigger / Erector with extensive experience in the Oil, Gas and Chemical industry.

Purpose / Role

• To deliver a high quality, consistent and competent plating construction service in accordance with project / company requirements, standards and procedures.
• To support overall delivery of company goals and schedule.
• To ensure all that all workscope is completed in a safe manner ensuring no detrimental impact to personnel, fabric or environment
  

Responsibilities

Prime duties and Responsibilities

• Slinging materials for moving around inside and outside of tank at ground level
• Slinging materials for lifting over shell onto roof (floating or fixed)
• Safe erection, use and dismantling of tank staging
• Safe erection, use and dismantling of tank jacks
• Safe use of blocks, shackles, tirfors pull lifts and winches.
• Loading and unloading wagons
• Use of rigging/ slinging techniques for handling materials, shell plates, floor plates, roof plates, Roof structures
• Safe erection of all types of tank floors, shell and roofs.
• Fairing up of shells to achieve required verticality and roundness as defined by allowable tolerances in EN14015
• Use of erection aids (shims, carrots, nuts, wedges, keyways etc)
• Recognition and use of cranes, erection, positioning, capacities and signals.
• Use of mobile lifting equipment, forklifts, hydraulics.
• Maintaining and checking own small tools and equipment
• An understanding of the statutory lifting regulations.
• Prepare site for rigging and lifting operations
• Conduct pre-use inspections and maintain equipment
• Understanding of development of basic lifting plans
• Working to approved method statement.
• Safe removal of tank roofs, shell and ancillary components.
• Work in hazardous areas under ‘permit to work’ system.
• Working at heights
• Working in confined spaces.
• Must stop any work that is considered to be unsafe
• Must put own safety and those of colleagues first
• Must start work only after assessing the risks