Metal Fabricator
Job ID
130115
Job Type
Contract
Industry
Manufacturing
Location
Livonia, Michigan, United States
Talascend is currently seeking a Metal Fabricator for a contract opportunity with our client in Livonia, MI.
The Fabricator (Metal) prepares, cuts, shapes, and welds metal using hand tools and equipment such as band saws, material brakes, and material shears. This role will provide fabrication support for the garage and shop services teams. The Fabricator II (Metal) will perform independent project tasks and may collaborate with customers to meet specifications and deadlines.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Education and Experience (required):
Education and Experience (preferred):
The Fabricator (Metal) prepares, cuts, shapes, and welds metal using hand tools and equipment such as band saws, material brakes, and material shears. This role will provide fabrication support for the garage and shop services teams. The Fabricator II (Metal) will perform independent project tasks and may collaborate with customers to meet specifications and deadlines.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Fabricate or modify brackets and other components and weld exhaust tubes and bosses.
- Operate band saws, material brakes, and material shears.
- Reads, interprets, and follows blueprints, rough sketches, or engineer drawings to shape metal according to customer specifications.
- Keep shop equipment operating by following operating instructions, troubleshooting breakdowns, performing preventive maintenance, calling for repairs.
- Participate in daily shop organization and clean-up.
Education and Experience (required):
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Minimum of 4 years of fabrication work experience.
- Minimum of 2 years of Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG) or Metal Inert Gas (MIG) welding
- experience.
- Minimum of 2 years of experience operating power brakes, shears and bench
- machines.
Education and Experience (preferred):
- Certificate in Welding Technology or related field.
- Intermediate technical knowledge with reading, understanding, and executing fabrication and welding blueprints, schematics, and codes and knowledge of laying out material, taking measurements using a tape measure, scale, and height gauge. Ability to use a surface plate to layout and locate material to X, Y, Z coordinates.
- Ability to TIG and MIG weld steel, stainless steel, cast and aluminum.
- Advanced knowledge to safely operate fabrication shop machinery equipment such as plasma cutter, Oxy-Fuel torch, Bridgeport, Lathe, drill press, material shear, and press brake.
- Ability to operate vehicle lift.
- Strong customer service skills, detail oriented, good communication skills
- Ability to work overtime and weekends.
We thank all applicants for their interest. However, only those qualified individuals who closely meet the qualifications of the position will be contacted. The details of the position are only a summary, other duties may be assigned as necessary.
Background Check and Drug Screen may be required.
Talascend is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.