What are the responsibilities and job description for the Fabricator position at Fravert?
Description
As a fabricator, you will be responsible for reading and interpreting engineering blueprints, fabricating metal/ wood components or structures, and performing quality checks on finished products. You may also be required to set up fabricating machines and design custom templates.
To ensure success as a metal fabricator, you should have advanced knowledge of industrial metalwork, a good eye for detail, reading tape measures and basic mathematical skills. Ultimately, a top-class fabricator expertly constructs high-quality products to exact specifications.
Primary Responsibilities
Base qualifications
As a fabricator, you will be responsible for reading and interpreting engineering blueprints, fabricating metal/ wood components or structures, and performing quality checks on finished products. You may also be required to set up fabricating machines and design custom templates.
To ensure success as a metal fabricator, you should have advanced knowledge of industrial metalwork, a good eye for detail, reading tape measures and basic mathematical skills. Ultimately, a top-class fabricator expertly constructs high-quality products to exact specifications.
Primary Responsibilities
- Conforming with company safety regulations to produce a safe working environment and quality product.
- Reading and interpreting engineering blueprints.
- Constructing base templates if necessary.
- Measuring and marking out, routing, cutting and bending metals.
- Setting up metalwork machinery including rollers, drill presses, torches, welders, brakes, and shears.
- Double-checking design specifications before starting each job.
- Fabricating and constructing metal/wood components with such methods as welding, gluing, or fastening
- Knowledge of mig welding, tig welding, or laser welding.
- Fabrication may include grinding and finishing. Assembly may be required on finished products.
- Performing quality checks on completed products.
- Operating forklift to move raw materials and finished products throughout the shop
- Completing jobs timely and accurately.
- Clocking in and out of each task and applying used raw materials to jobs.
- Must maintain all equipment and notify supervisor when issues arise or service is needed
- Global Shop- timeclock, inventory management, paylocity
Base qualifications
- Excellent verbal skills
- Able to interpret drawings/blue prints
- Self-motivated
- Problem solver – ability to identify root cause, desired results, assess and implement solutions
- Knowledgeable of department materials, tooling, equipment processes, and products
- Adaptability
- Deadline driven
- Teamwork oriented
- Ability to stand for long periods
- Ability to lift and manipulate large custom pieces
- Must be able to lift 50lbs on a regular basis and up to 100 lbs on an infrequent basis