Job Title:
Fabrication Welder – 1st Shift
Location:
Waterloo / Cedar Falls, Iowa
Salary Range:
$25 – $32 per hour
Job Type:
100% On-site
Remote Allowed:
No
Role Snapshot
The Fabrication Welder is responsible for welding and fabricating components to print specifications in a manufacturing environment. This is a first-shift, hands-on role requiring strong blueprint reading, layout, and fabrication skills. The ideal candidate can independently build from prints and meet production standards while maintaining quality and safety.
Key Responsibilities
- Operate fabrication equipment including hand plasma cutters, saws, brake press, and deburring equipment
- Weld quality parts to blueprint specifications using jigs when available
- Perform layout and fabrication work to print requirements
- Meet production standard times while maintaining weld quality
- Maintain a clean, organized, and safe work area
- Follow all safety procedures during welding and fabrication operations
Education & Experience Requirements
- High School diploma or GED required
- 5+ years of fabrication welding experience required
- Strong ability to read and interpret blueprints
- Proven experience laying out and fabricating parts to print
- MIG welding experience required
- Must pass an on-site weld test prior to placement
- Strong measurement skills including fractions, decimals, and angles
- Proficient with calipers, tape measure (to 1/32”), squares, and angle squares
- Experience using hand tools, air tools, grinders, overhead cranes, and steel handling equipment
- Forklift experience or ability to be trained