Wood Fabricator

Wood Fabricator Job Description

WHO WE ARE
SHIELD is a Kansas City-based design and manufacturing company creating world-class products for the world’s best teams and facilities. Our work can be found in the locker rooms of the NBA, NFL, and NCAA’s top programs, and in the nation’s most innovative hospitals and medical centers.
From custom athletic lockers to modern healthcare environments, we partner with elite organizations to design, engineer, and build spaces where champions and professionals perform at their best. At SHIELD, craftsmanship meets purpose — and every project is built with pride.

SUMMARY
We’re looking for a hands-on craftsperson who takes pride in building high-quality, custom products that will be seen and used by some of the most recognizable names in sports and healthcare. As a Fabricator at SHIELD, you’ll be an integral part of our production team, shaping raw materials into finished installations that showcase precision, creativity, and excellence. You’ll work on unique, design-driven projects — not mass production — where no two builds are exactly alike.
If you love working with your hands, appreciate quality craftsmanship, and want to be part of a team that builds for champions, this role is for you.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES
• Craft high-end custom products for major sports and healthcare clients
• Read and follow shop drawings and production plans
• Build components using woodworking and fabrication tools and machinery
• Work collaboratively with a team to meet project timelines and quality standards
• Maintain a clean, organized, and safe work environment
• Take pride in delivering finished products that meet SHIELD’s premium standards
• Suggest improvements to enhance build processes or product quality

WHAT YOU BRING
• 1–3 years of hands-on experience in finish carpentry, cabinet making, custom woodworking, plastics, or production assembly
• Familiarity with shop tools, saws, routers, and measuring equipment
• Ability to read and interpret CAD drawings or blueprints (preferred)
• Strong attention to detail and craftsmanship
• A team-first attitude and reliability
• Willingness to learn, adapt, and grow within a creative manufacturing environment

BONUS POINTS
• OSHA certification
• Experience working with laminate, acrylics, or solid surface materials
• Knowledge of shop safety and lean manufacturing principles

WHY YOU’LL LOVE WORKING AT SHIELD
• Be part of projects that make headlines — from professional sports facilities to cutting-edge hospitals
• Work with a passionate, creative team that values quality and collaboration
• Build products that last — and that you’ll be proud to point to as “I made that.”
• Opportunities to learn new materials, tools, and build techniques
• Competitive pay, benefits, and growth potential within a fast-evolving company

PHYSICAL DEMANDSThe physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, climb, crouch, or crawl
• Employee must be able to talk and hea
• The employee must be able to occasionally lift and/or move up to 75 pounds
• Specific vision abilities required for this job include close vision, distant vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus

WORK ENVIRONMENTDue to our onsite Fabrication process, the work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee may encounter while performing the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, employee may be exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles and outside weather conditions.

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