Fitter Fabricator - Grantsville, Md

Fitter Fabricator – Grantsville, Md

Pillar Innovations is an Industrial Solutions and Service Company with over 15 years of experience in the Energy, Mining, Industrial Construction, Aggregate, and Renewables industries. The Corporate Headquarters are located in Grantsville, MD with several offices throughout the country.

As a Shop Fitter/Fabricator, you’ll use your expertise in welding and metal fabrication to assemble components with precision, following blueprints, work orders, and instructions. This position requires proficiency in various gas metal welding techniques, a strong understanding of different materials—including steel, aluminum, stainless steel, and galvanized metals—and the ability to read and interpret blueprints, welding symbols, and dimensions. With tiered levels based on certifications and project complexity, this is a great opportunity to refine your skills, take on new challenges, and grow within the fabrication and machining industry.

• Fitter Fabricator I – Holds a variety of welding certifications and can fit and fabricate basic to moderately complex jobs.
• Fitter Fabricator II – Able to fit and fabricate complex jobs and perform in a leadership capacity with an assigned welder.

• Safely and efficiently operate assigned equipment.
• Read and understand drawings and blueprints, and accurately execute work orders and quality assurance (QA) standards per job requirements.
• Identify, lay‑out, position, and secure parts and assemblies according to specifications and/or prints using various measuring devices such as straightedge, combination square, gages, tape measures, etc., to ensure fabrications/assemblies conform to quality standards and specified design.
• Tack‑weld or weld components and assemblies using welding equipment.
• Perform structural welding using a variety of procedures, such as the groove weld, fillet weld complete joint penetration, and partial joint penetration.
• Weld components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions.

• Sit, talk, hear, read, and write.
• Walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms.
• Stand for extended periods of time.
• Lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Perform duties indoors in a shop setting with occasional work outdoors in a variety of weather conditions.

• 2+ years of welding and fabrication experience in an industrial metal shop (preferred).
• Must successfully complete a weld test required before employment.
• Ability to pass certifications in both GMAW and GTAW welding within 30 days.
• Advanced ability in reading and interpreting blueprints, including dimensioning and welding symbols.
• Proficient in the use of manual plasma cutter and oxy‑fuel cutting torch.
• Possess advanced knowledge of metal plate types (steel, aluminum, stainless, galvanized, etc.) sizes and shapes (beams, channels, angles, pipe, flat bar, etc.).
• Experience with the use of an overhead crane.
• Valid driver's license is required.