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Job Title: Welder and Fabricator

Job Description

Join a dynamic team as a Welder and Fabricator, where you will be responsible for creating and assembling components using various welding techniques. Your role will involve analyzing technical drawings, operating safety equipment, and maintaining material stocks, all while ensuring precision in every weld.

Responsibilities

+ Weld components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions.

+ Set up and use ladders and scaffolding as necessary to complete work.

+ Remove rough spots from workpieces using portable grinders, hand files, or scrapers.

+ Preheat workpieces prior to welding or bending using torches or heating furnaces.

+ Prepare material surfaces to be welded, ensuring they are free from foreign matter.

+ Operate safety equipment and adhere to safe work habits.

+ Join parts such as beams and steel reinforcing rods in buildings, bridges, and highways, bolting and riveting as necessary.

+ Ignite torches or start power supplies and strike arcs to complete electrical circuits.

+ Estimate materials needed for production and manufacturing and maintain required stocks.

+ Check grooves, angles, or gap allowances using precision measuring instruments.

+ Analyze engineering drawings, blueprints, specifications, sketches, and work orders.

+ Clamp, tack-weld, heat-bend, grind, or bolt component parts to obtain required configurations.

+ Chip or grind off excess weld, slag, or spatter using hand scrapers or power chippers.

+ Clean or degrease parts using wire brushes, portable grinders, or chemical baths.

+ Connect and adjust gas flow and pressure to obtain desired flames.

+ Cut, contour, and bevel metal plates and structural shapes as specified by blueprints.

+ Detect faulty operation of equipment or defective materials and notify supervisors.

+ Determine required equipment and welding methods, applying knowledge of metallurgy and welding techniques.

Essential Skills

+ Experience with MIG and TIG welding techniques.

+ Proficiency in reading and interpreting blueprints and engineering drawings.

+ Skill in using precision measuring instruments such as micrometers and calipers.

+ Knowledge of fabrication processes and press brake operation.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

+ Experience with laser operation.

+ Understanding of metallurgy and geometry in welding applications.

Why Work Here?

Be part of a growing company with owners who are actively involved in operations. There is ample room to learn new skillsets and advance your career.

Work Environment

Work in a state-of-the-art machine shop equipped with the latest high-level equipment, including new Trumpf flat lasers, multi-lasers, fiber tube lasers, and press brakes. The facility is consistently upgrading equipment to enhance production capabilities.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $20.00 - $25.00/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job

classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be

subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits

available for this temporary role may include the following:

• Medical, dental & vision

• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital

• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available

• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)

• Short and long-term disability

• Health Spending Account (HSA)

• Transportation benefits

• Employee Assistance Program

• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Hartford,WI.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Jun 6, 2025.

About Aerotek:

We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry – from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies’ construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow.

Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.