Press Brake Operator​/TIG Welder

Press Brake Operator / TIG Welder (Houston, TX)
Full time, direct hire, 2 openings

Melben is hiring press brake operators and TIG welders for a sheet metal fabrication shop on the northwest side of Houston, Texas. The shop has been running since 1978 and works in light gauge aluminum, stainless, brass, copper, and plastics for electronics, medical, food processing, and oilfield customers.

This is light gauge, thin material work. If you have run a brake on thin sheet, or you have TIG welded thin aluminum and stainless, you already know this job.

What You Will DoSet up and run press brakes on thin, light gauge sheet metal

Read prints, pick the right tooling, and hit your bend angles and flange sizesTIG weld light gauge aluminum, stainless, brass, and copper

Run the spot welder on sheet metal assemblies

Check your own work with tape, calipers, and protractors

Keep parts clean with no dents, marks, or burn through

Work off a job packet and keep the run moving

What You Will Run Trumpf Truma Bend V170 press brake, 170 ton Amada HFB 5020 8 axis press brake

Two Trumpf TC200R CNC turret punches

Miller Dynasty 350 TIG machine

Two Miller Syncrowave 350XL TIG machines

Miller MIG welder

Amada spot welder

What We Are Looking For Real hands on time on a press brake, or real TIG time on light gauge metal. Either one gets you in the door.

Comfortable on thin sheet. This shop does not do plate work or heavy structural welding.

You can read a print and pull your own dimensions off it Steady hands and a good eye. Thin material shows every mistake.

Shows up on time and stays on the jobTell us how long you have been doing this and what machines you ranWhat You Get Direct hire from day one. You are not a temp.

Two openings open right now Small crew of about 20 people, so your work gets seen Steady work with a shop that has been in business since 1978

Clean 30,000 square foot plant on the northwest side of Houston Short drive from the 290 and Beltway 8 area

How To Apply

Apply right here through this posting. Melben handles the screening and sends the right people straight to the hiring manager. Please apply here instead of calling the shop.

You should be proficient in:

Troubleshooting Skills Quality Control Experience Welding Setups for Production Deburring Experience Precision Measurement & Hand Metrology Machine Setups for Production Runs Shop Math Skills Tool/Die/Mold Setup Experience Blueprint Reading Machines & technologies you'll use:

TIG Welder Press Brake (Trumpf, Amada)
Measurement Gauges Turret Press
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