Shop Manager​/Sign Fabricator

Job Description

Traverse City Shop Manager / Experienced Sign Fabricator

Come Build Badass Signs With Us — and Lead the Shop That Makes Them Happen

Traverse City–based | Full-Time

Are you an experienced sign professional who can do more than just build? Do you take pride in precision, problem-solving, organization, and helping a team keep projects moving the right way?

Good. Keep reading.

Pro Image Design is a family-owned Michigan sign company — not a franchise, not corporate — and one of the state’s leading providers of custom signage, vehicle graphics, and branding. We do everything in-house, from design and engineering to fabrication and installation.

We’re growing and looking for a skilled, driven Traverse City Shop Manager / Experienced Sign Fabricator who can work hands-on in fabrication while also helping lead the team, organize the shop, and keep projects moving efficiently from start to finish.

This isn’t a clipboard-only management role. It also isn’t assembly-line work. This is skilled trade leadership — where your craftsmanship, communication, and ability to keep things on track all matter.

This Job Is for a Certain Type of Person

You’ll love this role if you:

• Like variety and problem-solving — we rarely build the same thing twice
• Take pride in clean craftsmanship, tight details, and quality work
• Can lead by example, not just by giving directions
• Enjoy helping others stay focused, organized, and productive
• Understand how to read drawings, build sheets, notes, and project details
• Can balance hands-on fabrication with shop leadership
• Want to work for a family-owned company, not a corporate franchise
• Want to build things you’re proud of — and help others do the same

If you’re dependable, mechanically strong, detail-oriented, organized, and committed to quality, you’ll fit right in.

What You’ll Do

This is a hands-on, fast-paced role focused on sign fabrication, team coordination, shop organization, quality control, and keeping production moving.

You’ll:

• Fabricate custom sign components using industry-standard methods and equipment
• Work with aluminum, steel, acrylic, vinyl, substrates, and other sign materials
• Perform cutting, shaping, assembly, prep, sanding, priming, finishing, and problem-solving
• Read and follow blueprints, drawings, internal build sheets, and production notes
• Help turn designs and engineered plans into finished, high-quality signs
• Coordinate daily shop workflow and help prioritize what needs to happen next
• Keep projects moving through fabrication efficiently and accurately
• Communicate with design, engineering, project management, installation, and leadership
• Help identify roadblocks before they become bigger problems
• Support, guide, and hold team members accountable in a respectful, productive way
• Maintain clean, efficient, safe, and organized work spaces
• Help uphold quality standards before projects leave the shop
• Manage jobs using basic computer and design/production software
• Safely lift up to 75 lbs.
• Hold a valid Michigan driver’s license with a clean record

Skills That Put You at the Front of the Line

We’re especially interested if you bring experience with:

• Sign fabrication and in-house sign manufacturing
• Shop leadership, team coordination, or production management
• Welding and sheet metal fabrication — steel and aluminum
• Shear, brake, and roll-form metal work
• Automotive-style priming, sanding, and finishing
• Reading blueprints, drawings, and internal build sheets
• CNC fabrication equipment include routers, lasers, folders and channel letter benders
• Sign assembly and structural fabrication
• Solid working knowledge of CAD or design-related software
• Mechanical problem-solving and custom fabrication

What Makes This Role Different

At Pro Image Design, the shop manager is not someone sitting…