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Description

AITS is looking for a 1st shift Fitter / Fabricator that has experience in an Aerospace, Military or prototype facility. They are looking for someone with 5+ years experience that can come in and perform Fitting for the welding process. Prefer someone that has come from a background that is assembling structural frameworks.

Fitting/ Fabrication

Blueprint Reading

Steel Aluminum & Invar

Thick Tubing

The Fitter is responsible for assembling structural frameworks and housings from raw material. They prepare and fabricate metal components for the welding process.

• 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.

• 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.

• Position or tighten braces, jacks, clamps, ropes, or bolt straps, or bolt parts in position for welding or riveting.

• Chip or grind off excess weld, slag, or spatter using hand scrapers, portable grinders, or arc-cutting equipment.

• Review any parts received from kitting area and compare the parts to the print.

• Fabricating and revising fixtures, jigs, and gauges.

• Operate and/or use forklifts, cranes, hoists, slings, grinders, cutting torches, hand tools, drills, punches, and instruments of measurements.

This is a 1st shift position M-F 5am - 3:30pm

Sat - 8 hours (Mandatory)

Option Sunday's

Skills

Fabrication, Blueprint reading, Fitter, aluminum welding, steel welding, aws certification, mig welder, Tape measure, Sheet metal, Flux core, Fitting, tig welding, blueprint, prototype, Tack, Production, Assembly, Structure, Stainless steel, Assembling, Hand tool, Machine set up, Mechanically inclined, Power tool, Metal fabrication, Brake, Structural steel

Top Skills Details

Fabrication,Blueprint reading,Fitter

Additional Skills & Qualifications

Must Haves:

5+ years of fitting / fabrication background

Align and fits parts using jacks, wedges, drift pins, pry bars & hammers

Ability to Set up & operate Fabrication machines (brakes, rolls, shears, flame cutters, grinders & drill press) to be able to bend, cut form & punch assembly metal components

Blueprint Reading

Proficient in using Workpiece specs using squares, rulers, and measuring tapes

Fabricating fixtures, jigs and gauges

Steel Aluminum & Invar

Thick Tubing

Nice to Have:

Tool building or Fitting Exp

AWS Certs

Welding ability (Mig & Tig)

Invar material experience(36% nickel and 64% steel)

Disqualifiers:

Candidates who have had numerous jobs and bounce around from place to place.

Candidates who are straight out of welding school.

Candidates who come from a production background

Experience Level

Intermediate Level

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $24.00 - $30.00/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 Chesterfield,MI.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Jun 30, 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.