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Metal Fabrication Assistant

Source Engineering
Lynden, WA Full Time
POSTED ON 12/5/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/5/2026

Entry-Level Fabrication Opportunity – Grow Your Skills with Source Engineering

Are you hands-on, eager to learn, and interested in building a career in fabrication? Source Engineering is looking for motivated individuals to join our shop team! This is a great growth opportunity for someone with a basic understanding of fabrication who wants to expand their skills in a supportive, practical, and fast-paced environment.

Hours: 4-10s Monday - Thursday 6am-4:30pm - OT on Friday as needed

Wage: $22.00 to $28.00 DOE

What You’ll Do:

  • Assist with pre-fabrication of parts
  • Perform cutting and material preparation
  • Support light fabrication tasks alongside experienced team members

If you’re reliable, hardworking, and excited to learn more about the fabrication process, we’d love to hear from you. Come grow with us and be part of a shop that values craftsmanship, teamwork, and continuous learning!

Expectations for this role:

As a part of our shop team, you’ll support day-to-day fabrication work and learn hands-on skills that will help you grow in the trade. Your responsibilities will include:

  • Assisting with the pre-fabrication of metal parts in the shop
  • Performing tasks such as cutting, prepping materials, and light fabrication work
  • Handling and moving materials to keep production running smoothly
  • Maintaining a clean, organized, and safe work environment
  • Expanding your knowledge of fabrication techniques, shop tools, and equipment with real training and growth opportunities

If you’re motivated, dependable, and excited to build your fabrication skill set, this role offers a solid path to grow within the industry.

Qualifications

  • Ability to follow instructions and work safely in a production environment
  • Willingness to work in conditions that may be cold, dusty, or physically demanding
  • Strong sense of urgency, reliability, and self-motivation
  • Some experience or a genuine willingness to learn:
    • Fabrication
    • Welding
    • Working in an industrial fabrication setting
  • Basic understanding of common shop tools and equipment (or the desire to learn quickly)
  • Prior forklift experience
  • The ability to often lift, pull, push and shift objects weighing up to 50 Lbs.
  • The Ability to frequently bend, stoop, twist, and perform repetitive motions in the back, knees, ankles, wrists, elbows, and shoulders.
  • The ability to occasionally partner-lift objects weighing between 70-90 Lbs.

OUR VISION: To provide innovative process solutions to our family of companies and our external customers.

This job is Safety Sensitive and therefore is contingent upon a pre-employment drug test including marijuana.

Must be 18 years of age to apply.

#GrowWithUs

Salary : $22 - $28

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