Part Time Fabricator

Position Overview

This position is part time and will have flexible work options.

Fabricate, position, align, and fit parts of structural metal products.

Essential Job Functions

• Verify conformance of workpieces to specifications, using squares, rulers, and measuring tapes.
• Align and fit parts according to specifications, using jacks, turnbuckles, wedges, drift pins, pry bars, and hammers.
• 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, and using jigs, welding torches, and hand tools.
• Study engineering drawings and blueprints to determine materials requirements and task sequences.
• Set up and operate fabricating machines, such as brakes, rolls, shears, flame cutters, grinders, and drill presses, to bend, cut, form, punch, drill, or otherwise form and assemble metal components.
• Lay out and examine metal stock or workpieces to be processed to ensure that specifications are met.
• Tack-weld fitted parts together.
• Lift or move materials and finished products, using large cranes.
• Remove high spots and cut bevels, using hand files, portable grinders, and cutting torches.
• Mark reference points onto floors or face blocks and transpose them to workpieces, using measuring devices, squares, chalk, and soapstone.
• Set up face blocks, jigs, and fixtures.
• Position or tighten braces, jacks, clamps, ropes, or bolt straps, or bolt parts in position for welding or riveting.
• Erect ladders and scaffolding to fit together large assemblies.
• Locate and mark workpiece bending and cutting lines, allowing for stock thickness, machine and welding shrinkage, and other component specifications.
• Design and construct templates and fixtures, using hand tools.
• Hammer, chip, and grind workpieces to cut, bend, and straighten metal.
• Straighten warped or bent parts, using sledges, hand torches, straightening presses, or bulldozers.
• Smooth workpiece edges and fix taps, tubes, and valves.
• Preheat workpieces to make them malleable, using hand torches or furnaces.
• Heat-treat parts, using acetylene torches.
• Read work orders or other instructions to determine product specifications or materials requirements.
• Review blueprints or other instructions to determine operational methods or sequences.

Required Qualification

• High School Diploma or equivalent

Desirable Qualifications

• 5-10 years of experience in a fabrication shop.
• Experience working with carbon steel, stainless steel and aluminum alloys

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: $19.00 - $28.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Employee assistance program
• Flexible schedule
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Referral program

Shift:

• Day shift

Experience:

• Fabrication: 1 year (Required)

Ability to Commute:

• Pulaski, TN (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $19 - $28