Advanced Press Brake Operator – Precision Custom Fabrication

Job Order

Employment Type:

Permanent

Salary: $58,000/Yr

Web Publication Date: 6/22/2026 12:00:00 AM

Job Location:

Ashwaubenon, WI 54115

$28.00/hr + Lucrative Shift Premiums

Wisconsin Location
• Climate-Controlled Facility
• 1st, 2nd, or 3rd Shift Available

The Opportunity:

Elevate your fabrication career with a premier, high-spec custom metal fabrication leader serving stable, elite sectors including medical, food/dairy, aerospace, marine, and advanced material handling. Operating out of a highly modernized, clean, and fully climate-controlled manufacturing facility, our client is seeking a precision-focused professional. This direct-hire role offers exceptional job security, real investment in your career (including tuition reimbursement), and a culture that completely avoids the high-stress chaos of typical high-volume automotive stampers.

• Experience Depth: 1+ years of dedicated, hands-on press brake operation within a precision sheet metal or custom job shop setting
• Advanced Workstations:
  Direct exposure to or familiarity with premium multi-axis CNC brakes, specifically Amada HDS or HG Series systems (such as the HDS
  2204 or HG5020)
• Core Talents:
  Strong blueprint reading skills, an understanding of bend sequences, precision flat layout interpretation, and a sharp eye for part tolerances
• Earning Potential:
  Up to $28.00 per hour starting base (fully scaling with setup depth and independent programming literacy) + competitive off-shift premiums
• Shift Options:
  Choose your ideal schedule—1st, 2nd, or 3rd shift tracks are available with flexible hour configurations to seamlessly match your personal life
• Location:
  
  Southeast Wisconsin / Regional Manufacturing Hub (Must reside within a dependable daily commuting radius of the plant)
• Compliance:
  United States Citizens or Green Card holders only; corporate visa sponsorship is not available

If you are a skilled fabricator who is tired of working in hot, smoky, disorganized shops running outdated mechanical brakes, this opportunity represents a major quality-of-life upgrade. Because our client partners with high-margin, high-spec industries like medical and aerospace, the emphasis floor-wide is on zero-defect precision and craftsmanship, not just slamming out cheap parts as fast as possible.

The company structure is fiercely family-oriented and team-focused. You will operate state-of-the-art Amada machinery featuring automated touchscreen controllers and network-linked programming, giving you the elite tools required to maintain dead-on repeatability. Backed by a management team that rewards technical mastery with clear paths for internal promotion, this is a premium professional home to anchor your fabrication career.

• Precision Bending:
  Forming complex, close-tolerance parts and components from diverse gauges of sheet metal (stainless steel, aluminum, carbon steel) according to customer shop prints and flat layouts.
• Machine Setup & Operation:
  Setting up tooling, selecting correct dies/punches, adjusting tonnage parameters, and operating advanced Amada HDS/HG multi-axis CNC press brakes.
• Quality Inspections:
  Conducting routine visual and physical tooling inspections, checking angle accuracy using calipers, protractors, and height gauges to ensure 100% compliance with client specs.
• Material Handling:
  Safely operating overhead bridge cranes, sheet lifters, and forklifts to stage, load, and position heavy raw materials at your workstation.
• Collaboration:
  
  Partnering closely with on-site offline programmers and secondary fabricators (laser, weld, finishing) to refine part processing windows and minimize scrap.
• Shop Safety Compliance:
  Maintaining a meticulously organized workspace in strict alignment with modern lean manufacturing principles and 5S workplace cleanliness standards.

• Fabrication Foundation: A minimum of 1 year of professional experience setting up or operating multi-axis CNC press brakes in a custom job shop or contract manufacturing environment.
• Print Literacy:
  Foundational ability to interpret complex industrial fabrication prints, visualize 3D formed parts from 2D drawings, and track critical dimensions.
• Metrology
  
  Competency:
  
  Proficient with precision measurement tools (calipers, micrometers, pin gauges) with a proven track record of holding tight sheet metal tolerances.
• Employment Reliability: A rock-solid, stable work history demonstrating strong attendance, a safety-first mindset, and long-term commitment to past employers.

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