MIG Welder (Alliance Location)

About the role

Join a high-performing production team as a MIG Welder, where precision meets speed. In this role, you’ll fabricate metal grating products to exact specs, handling everything from layout and assembly to welding and inspection. You’ll work with advanced cutting and joining tools like plasma and oxy/fuel equipment while sharpening your skills and growing into greater independence.

As a faith-based organization rooted in biblical principles, we strive to reflect these values in our work, relationships, and decision-making. We expect all associates to learn, embrace, and actively model our core values through their actions, choices, and collaboration with others. This commitment is essential to sustaining our culture and achieving shared success.

Responsibilities

• Bring blueprints and job specs to life by accurately laying out and assembling grating components.
• Set up and run MIG welding equipment to meet WPS standards across various materials.
• Shape and prepare materials using plasma and oxy/fuel cutting tools.
• Safely operate a range of shop equipment, from cranes to grinders.
• Earn and maintain welding certifications while supporting quality inspections.
• Help drive quality by reducing scrap and rework.
• Keep tools in top condition with routine maintenance.
• Share knowledge through cross-training and onboarding support.
• Maintain a clean workspace that promotes safety and efficiency.
• Ensure accurate ERP reporting for materials, production, and time.
• Meet performance goals tied to productivity and quality KPIs.
• Champion safe work practices.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Proficiency in MIG welding and related techniques (Oxy/Fuel, plasma cutting) for carbon steel, stainless steel, and aluminum.
• Experience with overhead cranes, power tools, blueprint reading, and tape measure usage in both standard and metric units.
• Familiarity with ERP systems, especially Epicor, is preferred.
• Successful completion of welding tests and the ability to interpret welding symbols and perform basic math (including fractions).
• Two or more years of metal fabrication experience and AWS certifications (D1.1, D1.5, D1.6, or D1.2) are preferred.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• Repetitive movement tasks, requiring standing, walking, stooping, bending, reaching, grasping, pushing, and pulling grating material of various sizes and weights for long periods of time.
• Regularly lift or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift or move up to 75 pounds, using proper lifting techniques, help from another employee, or other available resources such as lifting or moving equipment.
• Ability to take stairs, work around constantly moving machinery, and exposure to weather elements.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

• Regularly working on the production floor, requiring the use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
• Exposure to noise, dust, heat, and cold.
• Exposure to machine and tool hazards requiring care and attention to safety rules and standards.