Metal Fabricator

Metal Fabricator

This role is located in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Want to continue to grow and enhance your career within a locally owned company? Do you strive to achieve high performance and enjoy making an impact where you can take your career to the next level? Then, we have a place for you!

What We Offer

• Exciting innovative, collaborative, and team-oriented work environment
• Challenging and progressive career development
• Competitive salaries
• Comprehensive Health & Benefit programs
• Retirement Program with Employer Match!
• Best practice Paid Time Off policies and paid holidays
• Open communication and team-building events
• And much more to motivated, results-oriented individuals who want to make a real difference in their community and role

What You'll Do:

As the Metal Fabricator, you will assemble stainless steel and aluminum components, following specifications, in a timely and efficient way.

Your Accountabilities in the Role:

• Receives and reviews the job assignment tickets and/or blueprints to understand project and customer specifications.
• Operates machinery and power tools to assemble products following specifications and manufacturing process to ensure efficiency and timeliness.
• Performs quality checks utilizing precision measuring tools and gauges on all finished products to ensure quality expectations are achieved.
• Cleans units and prepares for shipping to ensure products are shipped in a high-quality way on time.
• Maintains a clean and organized workspace to ensure a safe work environment.
• Supports leaders and other team areas as needed to meet overall team goals.

Position Requirements:

• Education: A HS Diploma or GED preferred; will consider an equivalent combination of education and relevant work experience.
• Experience: 2 years of assembly experience in similar industry preferred. Sheet metal experience would be a plus. Will train someone with strong attention to detail.
• Certifications: Ability to be forklift/crane certified would be a plus.
• Functional Skills: Mechanically inclined with good dexterity to assemble and operate power tools; high atten tion to detail with an ability to read, understand, and apply procedures, specifications, blueprints and bill of material; Strong problem-solving skills; Basic math and counting skills are required. Critical thinking to solve issues independently or by getting assistance to ensure accuracy is important.
• Technology Skills: Basic computer skills.
• Language Skills: Basic reading, writing and verbal communication skills.
• Leadership/ Behaviors: Customer oriented with demonstrated high work ethic and value system, focused on quality, safety and accuracy. Safety oriented and able to work amicably with others and take advice/mentoring, and instructions well.
• Culture Match: Respectful of team members and policies, goal and customer-focused; has the ability to stay focused on quality, as well as producing and enhancing efficiencies within the team. Requires an excellent work ethic to lead by example.

Other Important Information:

Pay/Salary: Pay is commensurate with proven expertise. And, the compensation will grow as the team member grows!

Reports To: Shift Supervisor

Core Hours: Day Shift: 6:00 am to 4:30 pm Night Shift: 5:00 pm - 5:00 am

Typical Work Week: Mon-Thurs; Fridays are OT as needed; 40-48 hours a week on average

Direct Reports: None

Travel: None

Work Conditions: Manufacturing environment with moderate to high noise level, PPE required.