- Hiring continuously
- Ras Al Khair
- Full-time
Steel Fabricator jobs in Ras Al Khair
Fabricators who read drawings and turn plate and section into structures, supports and skids.
- Last hiring review
- 17 September 2026
- Applications open until
- 1 November 2026
- Locations
- Ras Al Khair, Eastern Province
- Who can apply
- All nationalities
This page is for Steel Fabricator work at Ras Al Khair. The same trade is hired at other locations too — see below.
About the job
Fabricators at AKFAL build pipe supports, platforms, skids and structural frames in the Jubail workshop and repair steelwork on client sites. The work is drawing-driven: mark out, cut, fit, tack and hand over to the welder, then check the piece against the drawing before it leaves the shop.
What you will do
- Read fabrication drawings and cutting lists; mark out plate and section
- Cut with oxy-fuel, plasma and band saw; grind and prepare edges
- Fit up and tack assemblies square and to tolerance before final welding
- Operate drills, rolling and bending machines under workshop rules
- Check finished pieces against the drawing and flag deviations
What we look for
- 3 years or more as a fabricator or fitter-fabricator in a steel or piping workshop
- Confident reading structural and piping fabrication drawings
- Safe use of cutting, grinding and lifting equipment
- Able to tack-weld; a welding certificate is a plus
- Basic English or Arabic for drawings and permits
Certificates that help
- Trade certificate in fabrication or fitting
- Tack-welding competence or welder certificate
- Rigging and slinging awareness
- Workshop safety induction
Working in Ras Al Khair
Ras Al Khair, 80 km north of Jubail, is Ma'aden's industrial city: phosphate and ammonia plants, the aluminium smelter and rolling mill, the desalination and power complex and the shipyard. It is heavy industry with long maintenance campaigns and a steady need for mechanical, electrical and rigging trades. AKFAL crews commute from the Jubail camp.
Plants and projects
- Ma'aden Phosphate and Ma'aden Wa'ad Al Shamal (ammonia, phosphoric acid, DAP)
- Ma'aden Aluminium smelter, rolling mill and casthouse
- Ras Al Khair power and desalination complex (SWCC)
- International Maritime Industries shipyard
- Port and bulk-handling terminals
Typical work
- Planned maintenance on kilns, mills and conveyors
- Electrical and instrumentation maintenance in the smelter
- Structural and piping repairs; heavy rigging
- Crane and telehandler hire for maintenance campaigns
- When demand peaks
- Ma'aden's maintenance campaigns run through the year with larger turnarounds in the cooler months; demand is steadier than in Jubail's shutdown peaks.
- Accommodation and transport
- Crews are housed in the AKFAL camp near Jubail and travel by company bus, about an hour each way; site camps are used on longer campaigns.
Questions applicants ask
Do I need experience?
Yes — three or more years in a steel or piping workshop, working from drawings. A helper with less can apply for the helper role and grow into it.
Which certificates do I need?
A trade certificate helps but the trade test decides: you will be given a drawing and material and asked to fabricate a piece to tolerance.
Iqama, transfer and visa
Fabricators inside the Kingdom with a transferable Iqama are placed first. We also hire from abroad through licensed agencies; AKFAL bears the transfer and visa costs.
Hours and shifts
Workshop hours are regular day shifts, six days a week. Site repair work during shutdowns follows the site's shift pattern with paid overtime.
Where would I live in Ras Al Khair?
Crews are housed in the AKFAL camp near Jubail and travel by company bus, about an hour each way; site camps are used on longer campaigns.
How is salary decided?
Pay depends on the trade test, drawing-reading ability and experience, and is fixed in the written offer. We do not publish figures.
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