Fabrication Technician

Overview

Job Summary:

Fabricates various materials (steel, titanium and aluminum) to engineering drawing requirements

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Clocks into jobs in the ERP system.
• Understands different material types.
• Manipulates material with proper tooling.
• Uses Form Tooling/Templates to determine shapes of parts.
• Uses check fixtures for parts.
• Uses Press brakes, Hydro Presses, Drop Hammers, and Roll Form equipment to fabricate parts out of various types of metal.
• Familiar with using pneumatic tools such as dotcos, straight grinders, polishing wheels, drill motors, orbital sanders.
• Reads calipers, micrometers, straight edges, radius gauges and protractors.
• Understands what flatness, straightness and angles are and how to form them.
• Understands allowed working time for forming.
• Knowledge of tempers and gauges of materials.
• Recognizes corrosion and burns after heat treat.
• Proper handling and containment of parts to be processed.
• Understands proper surface preparation.
• Responsible for the quality of his/her own work.
• Wears required personal protective equipment (PPE).
• Keeps work space clean and organized.

Job

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Must be detail-oriented and pay close attention to accuracy.
• Ability to read and understand engineering drawings.
• Works well with hands and has knowledge of tools.
• Ability to use and operate a forklift (certification required).
• Professional communication skills.
• Must be able to communicate well with co-workers on your shift plus other shifts.
• Must be able to listen, take direction as well as get along with co-workers.
• Must be able to do simple math.
• Familiar with and capable of using basic and specialty hand tools including precision measuring equipment.
• Attend and actively participate in training classes and safety sessions.
• Successfully complete all annual company required training.
• Wears required PPE at all times.

Preferred

Education and Experience:

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Minimum of 1 year of fabrication or similar manufacturing experience preferred.

Equipment used:

• Forklift
• Hydro Press
• Press brake
• Drop Hammer
• Shrinker/Stretcher
• Arbor Press
• Hammers

Physical Demands:

• Regularly required to stand, sit, bend, and lift up to 50 pounds.
• Able to use hammers/pound repetitively for extended periods of time.

Work Environment:

• Climate controlled manufacturing environment
• Occasional exposure to elements such as noise, dust, heat, cold or chemicals.