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Kalamazoo, MI
Job Id: 211
The MIG Fabricator Welder position is responsible for the welding and fabricating of conveyors and other capital equipment and industrial projects as assigned. The role involves reading and interpreting complex blueprints to build equipment according to customer specifications. Quality of work, productivity, attendance/punctuality, safety, flexibility, working without supervision, and general housekeeping are all required. This role is first shift, full-time, and permanent. Our union shop is governed by United Steel Workers and offers an abnormally excellent collaborative environment to learn and grow. Average Fabricator tenure is 10.81 years over our 24 fabricators. Position open due to growth. Full benefits offered including Health, PTO, Holiday pay, tool purchase program, uniform program, and many others.
MIG Fabricator Welder Qualifications
- Dedication to excellence and a quality output
- Will have a skill-set that allows the quick, accurate jigging and checking of products manufactured by the company
- The ability to perform high quality welds in all positions (vertical up, down, flat and overhead) typically required in fabricating machinery
- The ability to occasionally perform high quality welds on stainless steel and other alloys such as cast iron, nickel and manganese steels is required
- Will have the skill-set to perform the following welds: MIG and ARC (primary weld is product line specific) as well as TIG if able.
- Will have the skill-set to perform surface finish specifications
- Up to food grade on stainless steel surfaces (including food grade welding and polishing) if assigned TIG work
- Based on normal trade expectations, the employee will supply all basic tools required to perform the responsibilities listed
MIG Fabricator Welder Responsibilities
- Promote excellence throughout the department
- Must be able to conduct themselves in a safe manner
- Maintain a safe and clean work area
- Read, write and interpret complex blueprints and lists of materials
- Fabricate components and assemblies from blueprints and sketches
- Plan various operations required to make assemblies
- Become familiar with and fabricate pneumatic, hydraulic and electrical systems
- Be familiar with construction and operation of shop equipment and maintain it
- Perform routine machine set-up
- Act as a group leader (subject to the individual acceptance)
- Continuous improvement is expected in all critical activities such as overall machine quality, safety, weld strength and appearance, and productivity
- Design, build and install guards and drive assemblies
- Set-up and install drive assemblies
- Final quality checks of products
- Dimensional verification of parts and final product
- Work in other areas of the operation as directed by supervision
- Others as assigned by supervision
Physical Requirements
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. This position is very active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling and climbing all day. The employee must frequently lift and/or move items over 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
