Fabricator - Machine Shop - Shift 1
Listed on 2026-08-11
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Manufacturing / Production
Fabrication, Welder / MIG/MAG/TIG, Maintenance Technician / Mechanic, Manufacturing & Industrial Operations
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Full-Time Regular USA - CA - BAKERSFIELD, Bakersfield, CA, US
3 days ago Requisition
Salary Range: $25.00 To $30.25 Hourly
THE ROLE:- This position will report to the:
Supervisor - FLSA Status:
Non-Exempt - Shift: 1st Shift
- Employment Category:
Full-Time Regular - Pay Range: $25.00 - $30.25
Bolthouse Fresh Foods is a leader in carrot production, serving as a grower, packer, processor, and shipper. Headquartered in Bakersfield, California, we are a proud employer to 1,600 dedicated individuals. Since 1915, we have been committed to growing and producing high-quality carrots, and today, we are one of North America’s largest growers and distributors of fresh carrots for cooking and snacking.
Additionally, we supply premium natural ingredients for the food and beverage industry. With over a century of excellence, Bolthouse Fresh™ products are available at major retailers across North America.
Bolthouse Fresh Foods is affiliated with Butterfly Equity, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm specializing in the food sector. Butterfly Equity's expertise spans the entire food value chain, from 'seed to fork,' with a focus on agriculture & aquaculture, food & beverage products, food distribution, and food service.
Bolthouse Fresh Foods has approximately 1,600 employees.
WHAT YOU’LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR IN THIS ROLEThe ideal candidate will fabricate, layout, position, align, fit, and weld parts of structural metal parts pipe layout including sanitary welding process.
- Position, align, fit, and weld parts to form complete units or subunits by following blueprints and layout specifications
- Use MIG and TIG welders, plasma cutters, grinders and hand tools and settling torch
- Verify conformance of work pieces to specifications, using squares, levels, and measuring tapes
- Tack-weld fitted parts together
- Layout and examine metal stock or work pieces to be processed to ensure that specifications are met
- Align and fit parts according to specifications, using jacks, turnbuckles, wedges, drift pins, pry bars, and hammers
- Locate, mark work piece bending, cutting lines; allowing for stock thickness, machine and welding shrinkage, and other component specifications
- Move parts into position, manually, with hoists, or cranes
- Set up and operate fabricating machines such as, shear, Ironworker, drill press, pipe bender and band saw to bend cut, form, punch, drill or otherwise form and assemble metal components
- Will fit stainless and carbon steel schedule pipe, as well as sanitary process piping
- Setup and operate orbital welder facing machine , purging process & hand welding
- Use aerial man lifts to install equipment and utilities
- Other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:
- High School/GED or two to five years’ experience in related field or combination of both education and experience
- Candidates must have a verifiable history of safe vehicle operation and meet company standards for driving eligibility. This includes maintaining a clean driving record, which will be verified through a background check.
Skills and Abilities:
- Work safely and efficiently
- Able to read blueprints
- Able to competently weld stainless and carbon steel using MIG and TIG processes
- Detail-oriented and enjoy working in a fast paced environment
- Able to perform a broad range of duties
- Good communication skills and problem-solving skills
- Knowledge of basic mathematic skills
- Pass and maintain forklift certification
- Shear and break experience preferred but willing to train
- Sanitary process piping experience
- Orbital welder experience but willing to train
- Material exposure – moving mechanical parts
- Occasional exposure to fumes, airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals
- Ability to lift, push, pull, and/or carry up to 50 lbs.
- Ability to ascend and descend ladders, scaffolding, using 3-point contact on a regular basis when assigned to perform work duties.
- Ability to use hands and arms to grasp, manipulate, and handle scanning objects in one…
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