Fabricator II
Location: Livonia, MI
Bill Range: $22-27/hour
Hours: Monday - Friday w/ possible Saturdays. 6:00 am-2:30 pm and 6:00 am-4:30 pm when necessary
Job Summary:
The Fabricator II (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.
Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities (required):
• 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.
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