DC Shop Technician

Socket.dev; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Socket.dev Houston is seeking a skilled fabrication technician to build and assemble components in a small shop environment. You will measure, cut, fit, and weld parts per drawings, using hand and power tools.

The role requires safety, accuracy, and teamwork, with overtime during peak periods. Read schematics and interpret mechanical, piping, and electrical drawings as needed.

High school or GED is required; trade-school training or equivalent experience is preferred.

Qualifications

• Must have fabrication skills and produce accurate results.
• Team-oriented with ability to solve issues in project work.
• Self-starter with desire to learn equipment, hardware, and processes.
• Strong time management and attention to detail.
• Basic math including fractions; able to use common hand tools.
• Read and interpret fabrication drawings and diagrams.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a safe, clean, organized work environment.
• Operate hand and power tools, take measurements, and fit components.
• Overtime may be required during peak times.
• Read, interpret, and fabricate per project drawings.
• Rationalize drawings and identify fabrication issues before execution.
• Fabricate with plastics, polymers, metals, piping, and wiring as needed.
• Redline drawings for engineering corrections and resubmit.
• Perform administrative and related responsibilities as assigned.
• Perform building and equipment maintenance as needed.

Skills

Fabrication skills

Team collaboration

Self-starter / quick learner

Time management

Basic math

Hand tools

Reading drawings

Education

High School / GED

Trade school / drafting experience

Job description

Required skills:

• Must exhibit strong fabrication skills with focus on producing accurate results.
• Works well within a team environment to solve project and business issues.
• Must be a good self-starter and has the ability and desire to learn new equipment, hardware, techniques, and products.
• Strong time management skills and attention to details.
• Basic math skills including use of fractions.
• Ability to use common hand tools and fabrication equipment, such as power saws.

Preferred Skills:

• Interpreting fabrication drawings, schematics and diagrams for mechanical, piping and electrical systems
• Ability to measure, mark, cutt, trim and shape materials like metal, plastic, or wood.
• Welding, brazing and soldering pieces to create finished parts.
• Understanding of mechanical, plumbing, and electrical fabrication, construction, and manipulation methods.
• Good troubleshooting, testing and maintenance skills for mechanical, plumbing, and electrical systems
• Strong candidates will demonstrate spatial reasoning, communication and observational skills.
• Understanding of prioritization of work as it relates to project scheduling and execution.

Job Description:

• Maintain a safe, clean, organized work environment.
• Work in fabrication shop utilizing basic hand and power tools, taking accurate measurements, cutting and fitting off- the-shelf and custom components.
• Overtime may be required during peak times.
• Read, interpret, and fabricated per project design drawings.
• Rationalize design drawings, identifying problems related to fabrication prior to execution.
• Fabrication with various plastics and polymer structural members, and piping, including fitting, joining, sealing, and welding.
• Fabrication with various Metal and Alloy Pipe and Tubing, including fitting, joining, sealing, and bending.
• Fabrication with various Metals, Plastics, and Bonded Conduit, including fitting, joining, sealing, and bending.
• Fabrication with various Metallic and Fiberglass structural members, including Strut, Beam, Channel, Angle, Grate, etc.
• Fabrication with various Metallic and fiberglass enclosures, panel construction, and Electrical Wiring.
• Fabrication with various Electrical Wiring in Control Panels, Induction and DC Motors, Variable Frequency and DC Drives, Instrumentation and Electronics.
• Redline design drawings to be resubmitted to the Engineering Department for correction based on final construction.
• Perform administrative and related responsibilities as assigned.
• Perform building maintenance as needed and assigned.
• Perform equipment maintenance or installation as needed and assigned.

Required Education:

• High School Degree or G.E.D.
• Preferred candidates will have Technical Trade School training or equivalent experience in mechanical and electrical drafting.

Work Environment:

• Spends most of the time in a small business shop environment.
• Some time may be spent out of the office at client facilities for installation, repair, or alteration of new or existing equipment.

Physical Demands:

• Frequent lifting, pulling, standing, and equipment operations up to 50 lbs.
• Work in a principally unconditioned shop environment.
• Picking parts, packaging equipment, boxing, shipping, moving, and organizing parts and equipment, sitting, standing, walking, wearing personal protective devices, etc.