Job Description

Job Title: Mechanical Craft Team Member

Department: Tata Steel Tubes

Location: Corby (NN17)

Salary: £43,251 (£36,043 basic plus 20% shift allowance, Rising to £36,831 plus 20% shift allowance on successful completion of probation period)

Shift Pattern: Day Rota (Day shift with weekend working)

Holidays: 30 days in first 12months, rising to 34 days a year, plus an additional 6 days available

Closing Date: Thursday 23rd April 2026

We believe that our strength is not just in our steel but the diversity of our workforce. Our people make the difference.

What You’ll Do

We are recruiting for a team member to join our Tooling Department, at our site in Corby, East Midlands. The job holder will principally work within the Roll Stand Refurbishment team and reporting to the team leader, however, may be required to support other teams within Tooling Department. This is a day rota shift pattern on a 4 week cycle, which includes working 3 out of 4 weekends with rest days Mon to Fri.

The Roll Stand Refurbishment activity is manually intensive and often time critical. This is a dirty working environment due to the amount of grease and mill scale present in and around the roll stands.

The successful candidate will:

• Clean, strip down and inspect stands to identify any defective parts;
• Depending of requirements, replace parts, change rolls and build up stands as per drawings and existing standards;
• Where necessary, transport and collect stands and spares;
• Provide fitting support for other teams and area within Tooling Department
• Maintain high standard of housekeeping in the area;
• Suggest and implement improvements to processes;
• Conduct all aspects of the job in a safe manner and adhere to statutory and mandatory safety regulations, procedures and policies.

What you will need:

Applicants will possess the following skills and attributes:

• The jobholder must be a time served indentured mechanical craftsman,
• Must have experience of working within a safe system of work
• NVQ level 3 qualification in mechanical engineering
• Candidates should be experienced in general mechanical fitting including fitting of bearings and gears with induction heaters and presses etc
• Be capable of interpreting technical drawings and standards,
• Be able to complete manual tasks up to 25kg in weight
• To work with COSHH regulations and have knowledge of substances working with them correctly
• Advantageous to have previous experience operating forklift up to 2 tonne (training provided)
• Advantageous to have previous experience operating overhead crane up to 10 tonne (training provided)

Ready to make a difference?

For more information or for an informal discussion please contact: laura.rowles@tatasteeleurope.com

What we can offer you

Tata Steel UK offers their employees significant benefits packages. For this role, you will benefit from:

• A market competitive salary
• 30 days holidays per annum rising to 34 days after 12 months, plus up to 6 banked days off
• Annual Pay Review
• Quarterly Bonus Scheme – subject to business performance
• One of the UK’s leading defined contribution pension schemes (10% employer contribution / 6% employee contribution)

We also have an extensive list of lifestyle benefits including free onsite parking at all of our sites, an employee assistance programme as well as Employee discount scheme for companies including Vodafone, Jaguar Land Rover and also various local services.

Why us?

Tata Steel is one of the world’s top 10 steel producers. The combined group has an annual aggregate crude steel capacity of more than 33 million tonnes with approximately 80,000 employees across four continents. We’re part of the Tata Group, one of the largest, most diverse conglomerates in the world with businesses in the UK including Tata Steel, Jaguar Land Rover and Tetley Tea.

Sustainability is at the very heart of what we do and we are dedicated to managing our operations responsibly and to continuously improving our performance. Innovating for tomorrow, making a positive impact today.

Tata Steel in the UK is committed to our ambition of reducing energy consumption and to becoming a carbon neutral steelmaker by 2045, to find out more about our journey click here Stoves cooking less carbon – YouTube