The successful candidate will be accountable for, but not limited to, the following key outputs:

Material Control and Handling

• Receive, inspect, verify, identify, store, preserve, and issue materials in line with project procedures, approved specifications, work packs, nesting schedules, and fabrication priorities.
• Check certificates, heat numbers, grades, dimensions, quantities, purchase orders, and delivery documents to ensure material compliance and traceability.
• Coordinate safe material handling and movement within the workshop to prevent damage, deterioration, loss, or loss of traceability.
• Maintain accurate material registers, issue records, stock balances, traceability records, and inventory documentation.
• Monitor material availability, report shortages or discrepancies, and assist with stock counts, reconciliations, and audits.

Production Support and Nesting

• Confirm material availability, allocate correct grades and plate sizes, and ensure materials are ready for planned fabrication activities.
• Coordinate with Planning and Production to optimise material use, reduce waste, and support manufacturing schedules.
• Control offcuts and reusable materials by ensuring correct identification, recording, and return to stock where applicable.

Material Verification and Traceability

• Verify that materials issued for fabrication comply with approved drawings, specifications, client requirements, and quality procedures.
• Maintain traceability from receipt through cutting, fabrication, assembly, and final completion.
• Support QA/QC during inspections, audits, client witness activities, MRBs, Quality Data Books, and handover documentation.
• Identify and report discrepancies, damaged materials, incorrect certifications, or non-conforming products, and support corrective actions.

Health, Safety and Environmental Compliance

• Perform material handling and control activities in accordance with project HSE requirements, company policies, and applicable legislation.
• Promote safe work practices during workshop activities, including lifting operations, material handling, access, hot work interfaces, and related hazards.
• Report unsafe conditions, participate in toolbox talks and risk assessments, and support corrective actions arising from audits, inspections, or incidents.
• Support the organisation’s commitment to Zero Harm, continuous safety improvement, and compliance with statutory, client, and project HSE requirements. 

The successful candidate will be organised, accurate, safety-conscious, and able to work effectively in a fast-paced structural steel manufacturing environment.