Welder/Fabricator

Immediate Opening for Welder/Fabricator

Full-time heavy MIG welder with experience working in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. Looking for a great opportunity to join an innovative, rewarding and locally recognized business? Come join the Skylift Team!

• Excellent benefits
• Competitive pay
• 1st shift, M-Th. 10 hour shifts with overtime opportunities
• Safe work environment
• Paid time off
• On-the-job training, advancement opportunity and much more

Requirements

• Ability to work independently and take initiative with minimal supervision
• Strong analytical and organizational skills
• Communication skills to communicate and interact with all levels of employees
• Must be able to work collaboratively alongside others
• Able to work in a fast-paced environment
• Good aptitude and manual dexterity
• Excellent time management skills and ability to multitask and prioritize work
• Ability to meet physical requirements of the job including lifting 50 lbs. and walking/standing for extended time periods
• Must be able to pass a pre-employment drug screening and background check

Responsibilities

• Ability to recognize and solve typical problems that can occur in own work area without supervisory approval
• Detailing structural steel-drilling/cutting holes and slots, coping, notching per engineering drawings
• Continuously improve the processes by working with the management team for more efficiency
• Analyzes drawings and specifications to plan welding operations
• Proficiently uses all tools related to the welding process.
• Inspect welds for accuracy and quality, and make necessary adjustments or repairs as needed
• Perform basic housekeeping to keep work area clean and safe
• Perform duties assigned

Experience

• Experience working in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• 3 + years of welding heavy steel
• Welding Certification from a Vocational School or College
• 5 + years experience as a Mig welder
• 3 + years of overhead crane/rigging experience required
• High School Diploma or GED
• Forklift experience preferred but not required
• Must have excellent attendance