Fabrication Technician II

Georg Fischer; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 34,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Georg Fischer in Irvine, CA, seeks an experienced plastic welder for medium to high-difficulty fabrication and assembly tasks. You will read blueprints, lay out dimensions, and perform welding and related setup to ensure quality and on-time delivery.

Second shift runs Monday–Friday 1:00 PM–9:30 PM. Adherence to safety, quality standards, and proper documentation is essential for success in this role.

Qualifications

• Reads and interprets blueprints and drawings.
• Follows safety and quality procedures.
• Maintains and sets up welding equipment per job.
• Works with confidential information as required.

Responsibilities

• Fabricate plastic items using welding, drilling, and sawing.
• Read and interpret technical drawings.
• Maintain high quality and minimize scrap.
• Inform supervisor/QA of questions or discrepancies.
• Ensure on-time delivery of products.
• Manage drawings and work orders at workstation.
• Set up and maintain welding equipment; report problems.
• Comply with safety and quality requirements.
• Repair and rework parts as necessary.
• Monitor dimensions and adjust machines for materials.
• Prepare test welds and perform tests.
• Assist in boxing finished components for storage or shipment.

Skills

Blueprints reading

Dimension layout

Tape measure

Plastic fabrication tools

Supervisor-ready work

IR/WM machines

Socket Weld certification

Professional appearance

Driver's license

Mechanical inclination

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

IR machines

WM machines

Job description

Performs plastic welding as well as some assembly of custom fabrications of a medium to high difficulty requiring skill and accuracy.

2nd Shift Schedule: Monday – Friday 1:00 PM - 9:30 PM

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Fabricate plastic items using various techniques, such as welding, drilling, and sawing.
• Read and interpret technical drawings.
• Maintains a high quality and keeps scrap to a minimum.
• Informs supervisor and QC immediately of questions, or discrepancies.
• Jointly responsible for on-time delivery of products.
• Responsible for drawings/ work orders and material-flow at his/her workstation.
• Set-ups (may include pulling parts) and maintains welding equipment, notifying supervisor/manager of any problems.
• Adheres to all safety and quality requirements.
• Repairs and reworks parts as necessary.
• Monitors critical dimensions and adjust machines for different material and/or dimensions.
• Prepare test/sample welds and perform various tests.
• Assists in boxing of finished components for storage or shipment, as necessary.
• Follows the procedures as presented in the Employee Handbook, Etiquette Brochure, department procedures, captures contact information, and follows verbal, written or diagram instructions as provided by supervisors and managers.
• Committed to the protection of the environment and the health and safety of our employees, customers, and neighbors.
• All other duties as assigned.

Required Skills/Abilities

• Ability to read blueprints.
• Ability to layout dimensions.
• Ability to read and use tape measurer.
• Ability to use all plastic fabrication tools with minimal supervision.
• Ability to carry out instructions with moderate supervision.
• Certified on all IR and WM machines
• Certified Socket Weld.
• Performs all operations according to prescribed safety principles.
• Ability to work with and preserve confidential and proprietary information.
• Acts as Company representative at other company locations, or at other companies.
• Presents a professional appearance as well as presents a professional attitude with customers, distributors, vendors and other company personnel.
• Ability to drive with valid driver’s license for Company reasons, occasionally.
• Mechanically inclined.
• Certified on some IR Machines WM

Education And Experience

• High School Diploma or GED equivalency, preferred.
• Experience with fabrication, mechanical assembly, plastic welding and/or related experience.
• Experience welding polypropylene PP, HDPE, PVDF & PVC plastics.
• Passing a Company post-employment physical as well as controlled substance testing and background and security checks, as required.

Working Conditions / Physical Requirements

• Ability to discern various colors (wires, electronic components, etc.).
• Ability to lift to 50 pounds, occasionally.
• Ability to stand for extended periods.
• Excellent hand-eye coordination.
• Climbing ladders.
• Ability to read small, printed words and numbers accurately.
• Bending.
• Reaching.
• Carrying equipment, tools, demo boxes, etc.
• Accessing small spaces.

Salary Range: $25 - $28 Per Hour (Based on Experience) + Bonus