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Careers at Farrat
Build your career
At Farrat we’re passionate about helping proactive people build a career in the engineering sector. We have team members that have been here for decades starting out as apprentices and progressing to management positions.
We’re dedicated to social mobility, ensuring that we give opportunities to people from all walks of life and encourage ongoing development and education to team members at every stage of their career.
Benefits
Our offices have a great working atmosphere where collaboration plays a large role. Some of the main benefits for working with Farrat include:
- Private Medical Insurance & health promotion program
- Employee Assistance Program
- Enhanced company sickpay
- Critical Illness cover
- Death in Service cover
- 1-2-1 financial health checks & financial wellbeing support
- Paid eye-sight tests
- 28 days' annual leave + statutory holidays
- Additional annual leave purchase scheme
- Additional annual leave at long service milestones
- Unlimited paid volunteering days
- Paid compassionate leave
- Sabbatical leave at long service milestones
- Hybrid working & flexible working hours
- Discounted holiday rentals
- Annual performance bonus
- Employer pension contribution
- Enhanced matched pension contribution
- Help for Employees discount scheme
- Enhanced maternity pay
- Enhanced paternity pay
- Statutory shared parental pay
- Paid for company events
- Adhoc employee "life moment" & celebration gifts
- Long service awards
- Monthly & annual values-linked recognition awards
- Free on-site parking
- Paid for on-site tea/coffee/milk
- Electric Vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
- Bike-to-Work salary sacrifice scheme
- Payment of professional subscriptions
- Talent of Farrat recruitment referral scheme
Learning & Professional Development
We provide a continuous learning environment so that our people can thrive in their careers.
In order to help our people to become as good as they can be in their professional field, we have built close working relationships with industry recognised bodies to develop training and development programmes. Farrat is a member of:
- The Manufacturing Institute
- The Steel Construction Institute
- The Institute of Structural Engineers
- The Institute of Mechanical Engineers
- The CPD Service
- “Sponsoring Organisation” of the Institute of Acoustics
- The Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce
As a result, we have been able to enroll a number of our people on higher education and professional development courses, such as Lean Fellowship’s and MBA’s, alongside regular interpersonal, management and leadership events and seminars. By developing the skills and knowledge of our team, we are able to enhance our processes and manufacture world-class, certified and accredited products for our clients.
Shared Knowledge: Future of Creative Engineering
We offer apprenticeships across all areas of the business, from manufacturing to sales administration.
Our engineers are passionate about what they do. We help to inspire others by regularly planning and engaging with STEM workshops that encourage and educate young people about careers in Science and Engineering. Farrat CEO, Oliver Farrell, and Major Projects Director, Ryan Arbabi, have both been awarded for their work as dedicated STEM Ambassadors by STEM.org.uk.
Farrat have partnered with Innovate UK, The University of Manchester and Salford University to bring on board two KTP Associates, who work with us on extensive R&D which is used to advance our products even further.
Contact us to get involved with one of our “Shared Knowledge” initiatives