Welder​/Metal Fabricator

Virginia Metal Fab is looking for a motivated and energetic individual to fill the role of a Welder/Metal Fabricator.

As a Welder/Metal Fabricator you will be a part of an AWESOME shop team. Your responsibilities will be to fabricate, position, align, and fit parts of structural metal products. You will also set up, operate, and tend machines to saw, cut, shear, slit, punch, crimp, notch, bend, or straighten metal material.

At Virginia Metal Fab we’ve been making a variety of cool things like industrial air conditioner frames, 3D metal art signs, and even BBQ smokers since 2010.

• Study engineering drawings, blueprints, and other instructions to determine materials requirements, task sequences and operational methods.
• Read work orders or other instructions to determine product specifications or materials requirements.
• Measure dimensions of completed products and verify conformance of work pieces to specifications, using squares, rulers, and measuring tapes.
• Align and fit parts and work pieces according to specifications, using jacks, turn buckles, wedges, drift pins, pry bars, and hammers.
• Position or tighten braces, jacks, clamps, ropes, or bolt straps, or bolt parts in position for welding or riveting.
• Move parts into position, manually or with hoists or cranes.
• Position, align, fit, and weld parts to form complete units or subunits, following blueprints and layout specifications.
• Set up and utilize jigs, fixtures, welding torches, hand tools and welding equipment.
• Set up and operate fabricating machines, such as brakes, rolls, shears, plasma cutters, grinders, punch press, manual milling machine, radial arm drill press, plate rolling machine, manual lathe, to bend, cut, form, punch, drill, or otherwise form and assemble metal components.
• Lay out and examine metal stock, parts or work pieces to be processed and prepare assembly to ensure that specifications are met.
• Inspect products and ensure proper assembly.
• Cut, clean, fit up and tack-weld aluminum, stainless steel and carbon steel parts together.
• Lift or move materials, work pieces, and finished products using cranes, forklift or other lifting equipment.
• Remove high spots and cut bevels, using hand files, portable grinders, and cutting torches.
• Smooth metal surfaces or workpiece edges and fix taps, tubes, and valves.
• Mount attachments, materials or tools onto production equipment.
• Assemble temporary equipment or structures.
• Locate and mark workpiece bending and cutting lines, allowing for stock thickness, machine and welding shrinkage, and other component specifications.
• Draw guidelines or markings on materials or work pieces using patterns or other references.
• Design and construct templates, patterns, work aides and fixtures, using hand tools.
• Hammer, chip, and grind work pieces to cut, bend, and straighten metal.
• Straighten warped or bent parts, shape or reshape metal work pieces to established specifications using hammers and small hand tools, sledges, hand torches, and straightening presses.
• MIG/TIG welding

Monday – Thursday/ 6:00am-4:30pm

• Get sick or injured – we’ve got you covered.
• Get hurt on the job – we’ve got you covered.
• Need to get your teeth cleaned – we’ve got you covered.
• Need to pay your bills – we’ve got you covered there too by providing you with competitive compensation!

• HS diploma or GED.
• Ability to wear various forms of PPE.
• Ability to lift/carry up to and including 51-100 lb.
• Ability to push/pull up to and including 41-100 lb.
• 6 - 12 months of related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Technical Skills - Ability to set up and operate machinery, good math skills, and able to work from blueprints.
• Computer Skills - Ability to use MS Suite, basic computer skills.
• Certification, Licensure - Forklift operator.
• Communication, Oral - Ability to communicate effectively with others using the spoken word.
• Accountability - Ability to accept responsibility and account for his/her actions.
• Accuracy - Ability to perform work accurately and thoroughly.
• Safety Awareness - Ability to identify and correct conditions that affect employee safety.
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