Entry Fabricator

Start your new career as an Entry-Level Metal Fabricator with MAU at a leading metal products manufacturer in Temple, TX. As an Entry-Level Metal Fabricator, you'll pack, fabricate, assemble, and quality-check sheet and extruded metal products used mainly in commercial construction.

This employer fabricates, finishes, and distributes metal products, primarily for the commercial construction market. You'll join a production team that puts safety, quality, and good housekeeping first, from the shop floor to the final package.

What We Offer:

• $17.00 - $20.00 per hour

• Direct-hire opportunity

• 1st shift: Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

• Overtime schedule: Monday - Saturday, 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM

• Health, dental, and vision insurance

• 401(k) with company matching after 1 year

• 3 weeks of paid time off (PTO)

• Short-term and long-term disability (STD/LTD) coverage

What We're Looking For:

• High school diploma or GED

• 1+ years of fabrication, TIG welding, or related experience

• 1+ years of forklift experience

• 6+ months of turret punch press experience

• 1+ years of experience using basic algebra

• Ability to read and interpret production instructions and part drawings

• Score of 4 or higher on the ACT WorkKeys Reading for Information and Applied Mathematics assessments

• Proficiency with computers

• Strong verbal and written English communication skills

• Ability to work well with multiple departments and coworkers

• Availability for required overtime, including weekends

• Ability to lift and move up to 75 pounds and to stand, walk, climb stairs, squat, bend, stoop, and kneel

• Comfort working around moving machinery, fumes, airborne particles, chemicals, humidity, and heat or cold

• Ability to pass a substance abuse test (all facilities are tobacco and drug-free)

What You'll Do as an Entry-Level Metal Fabricator:

• Pack, fabricate, assemble, and quality-check sheet and extruded metal products, such as brake shapes, column covers, panels, flashing, coping, and automotive parts

• Set up and assist machine operators on brake presses, shears, saws, and rollers to cut, bend, sand, grind, and roll sheet metal

• Read production instructions and part drawings to confirm correct fabrication, surface quality, and piece counts

• Lay out, measure, and mark dimensions and reference lines using tape measures, calculators, scribes, squares, calipers, and rulers

• Weld, inspect, and assemble parts as needed

• Package parts and maintain traceability to company and customer requirements

• Move materials through the facility

• Follow production schedules and your department lead's direction

• Notify your lead when problems come up in meeting customer requirements

• Recommend and support continuous improvement in quality, productivity, efficiency, and cost

• Support a proactive safety environment with an emphasis on good housekeeping

• Perform other duties as assigned by your supervisor