Welder Fitter/Fabricator - 1st Shift

Welder Fitter/Fabricator

Specializing in custom metal fabrication, we are looking for experienced Welder Fitter/Fabricators with shop experience to join our team. At MGS, we provide our team members with steady work, year round, and opportunities to grow a lasting career while focusing on employee safety and promoting a healthy work environment. In business since 1962, we build equipment that delivers well-engineered, reliable solutions for all kinds of transportation challenges. With a focus on superior quality and great people, we are proud to say we build things that last. We offer a competitive salary along with a comprehensive benefits package that starts after 30 days of employment.

Essential duties and responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Position, align, fit, weld parts to form complete units or subunits, follow blueprints and layout specifications, using fixtures, welding torches and hand tools.
• Verify conformance of work pieces to specifications, using squares, rulers and measuring tapes.
• Lay out and examine metal stock or work pieces to be processed in order to ensure that specifications are met.
• Align and fit parts according to specifications, using jacks, turnbuckles, wedges, drift pins, pry bars and hammers.
• Position or tighten braces, jacks, clamps, and/or bolt straps, or bolt parts in position for welding or riveting.
• Study engineering drawings and blueprints to determine materials requirements and task sequences.
• Move parts into position, manually or by using hoists or cranes.
• Operate safety equipment and use safe work habits.
• Weld components in flat, vertical or overhead positions.
• Clamp, hold, tack-weld, heat-bend, grind and/or bolt component parts to obtain required configurations and positions for welding.
• Detect faulty operation of equipment and/or defective materials and notify supervisors.
• Examine work pieces for defects to ensure conformance with specifications.
• Recognize, set up and operate hand and power tools common to the industry.

Requirements:

• Follow necessary MGS and customer-specific procedures and work instructions.
• Read complex paperwork/drawings or follows oral instructions to ascertain materials and process for fabrication.
• Execute tasks and responsibilities as required by the Quality System.
• Follow safety guidelines and uses all required personal protective equipment.
• Demonstrate flexibility and willingness to work overtime and to meet schedule demands.
• Maintain a clean and well-organized work area.

Work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to fumes or airborne particles. The employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places; toxic or caustic chemicals; and outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

Job Type: Full-time Pay: $18.00 - $21.00 per hour Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Referral program
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Shift: Day shift

Experience:

• Metal Fab Shop: 2 years (Required)
• MIG welding: 2 years (Required)

Ability to Commute:

• Denver, PA 17517 (Required)

Work Location: In person

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duties and responsibilities satisfactorily. The additional subjects listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• 3+ years MIG welding experience in a Shop environment.
• Experience welding various types and gauges of materials to tight tolerances while minimizing distortion.

Language Skills - The work requires you to be able to follow verbal instructions as well as read and understand production documentation that details what needs to be completed on each part, the information is in English, so reading, understanding, and writing in English is a requirement in order to complete the tasks at hand.

Physical Demands - The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The employee frequently is required to stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, walk, sit, climb, balance, lift, and talk or hear. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands and fingers; and reach with hands and arms. The employee must be able to occasionally maintain awkward positions for a portion of the work day. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. Hearing is an important part of working in the job environment safely. The employee must be able to hear instruction, warnings, buzzers and alarms.