TIG Welder - Base Pay - $22+ per hour - 1st Shift Kalamazoo, MI

Wherever you are in your career, you’ve come to the right place. Just getting started, looking to get to that next level, or going in a new direction, we have opportunities where you'll feel welcome, be heard, and get inspired all while doing work you can be proud of.

Benefits weoffer our team members:

• Great Schedule: Monday - Thursday 6 am - 4:30 pm with overtime as needed on Friday.
• BASE PAY: $22 per hour + Quarterly Bonuses!
• Earn up to $28 per hour with base + bonus
• Quarterly Bonus - $13,000 (annual average)
• Tuition Reimbursement for continuing education
• Health Insurance (medical/dental/vision) eligible on first day
• Vacation/Holiday Pay

Why Landscape Forms?

Landscape Forms is the industry leader in integrated solutions of high-design site furniture, advanced LED lighting, structure, and custom environments. For more than 50 years we have developed and created solutions that help designers and other clients achieve beautiful, functional landscapes that enhance the experience of outdoor space.

Let’s chat if you:

• Are dependable and enjoy a fast paced environment
• Prefer a team environment with the opportunity to build relationships with a wide array of people
• Finds value in hard work and knowing your role makes an impact
• Would rather be active and moving than stuck behind a desk all day
• Understand the importance and necessity of maintaining a safe and clean work environment
• Thrive in a positive work environment
• Enjoys innovation and thinking outside the box
• Willing to work overtime

Qualifications and Skills of the MIG/TIG Welder

• HS Diploma or GED
• Welding Experience - MIG and TIG required

Summary

This position has the responsibility to be proficient at a variety of skills that lead to the successful operation of a team in a manufacturing environment. In order to meet safety, quality, production, cost, and continual improvement objectives each member must be cross-trained and able to operate between the various areas and product specific lines.

Principal Accountabilities

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each responsibility satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

• Operate within facility safety guidelines and promote the use of safe practices.
• Knowledge of product descriptions, use of scheduling systems, and prioritize work to meet daily production.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings and use measuring equipment.
• Responsible for learning all operational skills and processes through cross training; i.e. welding, metal finishing, loading fixtures, cutting, etc.
• Setup, operate, and maintain machinery and equipment.
• Ability to weld/fabricate using either MIG and/or TIG and weld to product quality standards.
• Ability to work independently or as a team member to communicate daily goals and run production.
• Maintain inventory control of materials using the Kan Ban system and other material systems.
• Actively promote workplace organization following established 5S criteria.
• Recognize and prep critical areas to meet established product quality standards.
• Produce a smooth, continuous flow of product through cell to achieve at least 95% on-time delivery.
• Participate and implement suggestions to continuously improve products and processes.
• Adhere to the guidelines as established in the Employee Handbook.

Education, Experience and Skills

High School Diploma or GED and training or experience in related field required. Must be able to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in common units of measure. Must have the ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed instructions and deal with problems involving concrete variables. Must have basic computer proficiency. Ability to read, comprehend, and write basic instructions. Ability to give clear instruction on procedures and policies.

Physical Requirements and Work Environment

Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds, bend and twist 80% of the time, and stand up to 10 hours. The work environment is on the shop floor in a noisy and sometimes hot location. Reasonable accommodations may be made for individuals with disabilities to perform the principal accountabilities.

Voluntary Self-Identification

For government reporting purposes, we ask candidates to respond to the below self-identification survey.Completion of the form is entirely voluntary. Whatever your decision, it will not be considered in the hiringprocess or thereafter. Any information that you do provide will be recorded and maintained in aconfidential file.

As set forth in Landscape Forms’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy,we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.

If you believe you belong to any of the categories of protected veterans listed below, please indicate by making the appropriate selection.As a government contractor subject to the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA), we request this information in order to measurethe effectiveness of the outreach and positive recruitment efforts we undertake pursuant to VEVRAA. Classification of protected categoriesis as follows:

A "disabled veteran" is one of the following: a veteran of the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service who is entitled to compensation (or who but for the receipt of military retired pay would be entitled to compensation) under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; or a person who was discharged or released from active duty because of a service-connected disability.

A "recently separated veteran" means any veteran during the three-year period beginning on the date of such veteran's discharge or release from active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval, or air service.

An "active duty wartime or campaign badge veteran" means a veteran who served on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service during a war, or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized under the laws administered by the Department of Defense.

An "Armed forces service medal veteran" means a veteran who, while serving on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service, participated in a United States military operation for which an Armed Forces service medal was awarded pursuant to Executive Order 12985.

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