Fabricator

AGI - Ag Growth International; Falls City (NE); On-site; USD 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Benefits package

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

AGI - Ag Growth International, located in Falls City, Nebraska, is looking for a skilled Fabricator to join the Production team. The role involves aligning, welding, and fabricating metal parts to specifications, ensuring high quality and adherence to engineering drawings.

Ideal candidates should have a High School Diploma with relevant experience and be comfortable operating various fabricating machines and tools. Competitive salaries and benefits packages are offered to support your career advancement.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma is required.
• 1-2 years of related experience preferred.
• Valid Driver’s License and computer literacy are necessary.

Responsibilities

• Position and weld parts following blueprints.
• Verify conformance of pieces to specifications.
• Set up and operate fabricating machines.
• Lift and move materials using cranes and fork trucks.

Skills

Welding

Blueprint reading

Metal fabrication

Attention to detail

Education

High School Diploma

Tools

Welding torches

Fabricating machines

Hand tools

Job description

Position Title

Fabricator

Location: Falls City, Nebraska

Department: Production / Division: AGI Airlanco

About AGI: Ag Growth International (AGI) is a Canadian-based food infrastructure company. With over 3,800 employees and more than 30 global manufacturing brands, AGI is a leading provider of equipment and technology solutions for agricultural commodities, including seed, fertilizer, grain and feed systems, and an expanding platform for food processing facilities.

Responsibilities

• Position, align, fit, and weld parts to form complete units or subunits, following blueprints and layout specifications, and using fixtures, welding torches, and hand tools.
• Verify conformance of work pieces to specifications, using squares, rulers, and measuring tapes.
• Tack-weld fitted parts together.
• Lay out and examine metal stock or work pieces to be processed in order to ensure that specifications are met.
• Align and fit parts according to specifications, using jacks, turnbuckles, wedges, drift pins, pry bars, and hammers.
• Locate and mark work piece bending and cutting lines, allowing for stock thickness, machine and welding shrinkage, and other component specifications.
• Study engineering drawings and blueprints to determine materials requirements and task sequences.
• Move parts into position, manually or by using hoists or cranes.
• Set up and operate fabricating machines such as brakes, rollers, shears, flame cutters, grinders, and drill presses to bend, cut, form, punch, drill, or otherwise form and assemble metal components.
• Hammer, chip, and grind work pieces in order to cut, bend, and straighten metal. Hammer out bulges or bends in metal work pieces.
• Design and construct templates and fixtures, using hand tools.
• Straighten warped or bent parts, using sledges, hand torches, straightening presses.
• Mark reference points onto floors or face blocks and transpose them to work pieces, using measuring devices, squares, chalk, and soapstone.
• Set up face blocks, jigs, and fixtures.
• Remove high spots and cut bevels, using hand files, portable grinders, and plasma torches.
• Direct welders to build up low spots or short pieces with weld.
• Lift or move materials and finished products, using cranes and fork trucks.
• Erect ladders and scaffolding to fit together large assemblies.
• Cut metal plates and structural shapes to dimensions and contour and bevel as specified by blueprints, layouts, work orders and templates, using powered saws, shears or flame tables.
• Operate metal shaping, straightening and bending machines such as brakes and shears.
• Confer with engineering, supervisory, and manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
• Establish work procedures for fabricating new structural products, using a variety of metal working machines.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma
• One to two years related experience preferred.
• Valid Driver’s License
• Computer literate
• Microsoft Office

Benefits

Our competitive salaries, benefits packages, employee share purchase plan help you take care of your family. Professional development activities keep you learning and involved, offering many opportunities to grow and advance your career.

AGI is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates with a disability taking part in the recruitment process and once hired.