What are the responsibilities and job description for the Fabricator on 2nd or 3rd Shift position at Mellott?
**Fabricator -- 2nd & 3rd Shift**
Mellott is currently hiring experienced **Fabricators** for **2nd and 3rd shift positions.**
**Shift Information**
The Fabricator is responsible for structural layout, welding, and fabrication of large steel weldments using engineering drawings. This role requires strong welding, rigging, and layout skills within a structural steel fabrication shop environment.
**Responsibilities & Skills**
**Fabrication & Welding**
This job description is not designed to cover a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities required for the role. Duties and responsibilities may change at any time with or without notice.
Mellott is currently hiring experienced **Fabricators** for **2nd and 3rd shift positions.**
**Shift Information**
- **10-hour shifts**
- **2nd Shift:** Starting at **3:30 PM**
- **3rd Shift:** Starting at **8:00 PM**
- **Shift differential included**
The Fabricator is responsible for structural layout, welding, and fabrication of large steel weldments using engineering drawings. This role requires strong welding, rigging, and layout skills within a structural steel fabrication shop environment.
**Responsibilities & Skills**
**Fabrication & Welding**
- Minimum 5 years' experience performing structural layout and positioning of steel components on large weldments using engineering drawings (DWGs)
- Minimum 5 years' welding experience
- Proficient in MIG, Stick, and TIG welding
- Ability to easily pass internal weld testing
- Capable of performing multi-pass welds and welding various wire thicknesses including specialized wires (ex: hard facing)
- Recognize good and bad welds per Mellott standards and repair subpar welds prior to QA inspection
- Competent performing layout using DWGs, sketches, or verbal instruction
- Proficient with layout tools including squares, tape measures, lasers, string lines, torpedo levels, 2', 4', 6', and 8' levels, combination squares, and angle finders
- Able to read measuring tools to 1/16" or 1 mm as drawings require
- Strong math skills used daily to ensure weldments are square, level, and correctly positioned
- Understanding of maintaining fabrication tolerances as specified on drawings
- Minimum 5 years' rigging or millwright experience
- Ability to safely handle and flip large weldments using jib and bridge cranes
- Familiar with operating forklifts, telehandlers, manlifts, overhead cranes, metal saws, press brakes, iron workers, and similar equipment
- Trained in basic rigging principles and techniques
- Comfortable working in a structural steel fabrication shop with multiple welding stations
- Coordinate fitment of components on weldments produced by other departments
- Good communication skills in a loud shop environment
- Willing to take instruction from leads and supervision
- Team player with safety as priority one
- Participate in safety toolbox meetings
- Assist managers, foremen, or superintendents as directed
- Capable of completing work within estimated fabrication timeframes and monitoring hours applied to projects
- Willingness to work out-of-town for up to two weeks at a time, as required
- Willingness to work off campus at a customer's facility, as required
- Comfortable working off hours or overtime as needed to complete projects
- High school diploma or GED
- AWS D1.1 welding certification, or ability to obtain certification
- Willingness to further education through apprenticeship or job skills training offered by the company
- Basic first aid training
This job description is not designed to cover a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities required for the role. Duties and responsibilities may change at any time with or without notice.