Manufacturing Floater

Lippert Components; Goshen (IN); On-site; USD 25,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401k with employer match

Vacation and holidays

Career development

Job summary

Lippert Components in Goshen, Indiana, is seeking a Team Member for frame fabrication. The role involves welding crossmembers, squaring frames, mounting upper decks, and ensuring camber and square accuracy per blueprints. Strong safety and quality adherence is required.

Typical duties include welding, material preparation, and organizing rails and beaver tails, with minimal travel and a full-time hourly schedule. Requires HS diploma or welding experience and US work authorization.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
• Welding education or experience preferred.
• Manufacturing/industrial experience preferred.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

Responsibilities

• Welding crossmembers and outriggers.
• Squaring the Frame and squaring/welding the pin boxes.
• Welding the bumper and hitches on.
• Mounting or setting the Upper Deck and Welding the UD.
• Applying camber to the frame, checking camber and square.
• Installing and time Slide outs.
• Marking rails for holes, slide outs, axels, beaver tails, etc.
• Welding axel hangers and brackets for jacks and slide outs.

Skills

Reading a tape measure

Blueprint Reading

Simple math

Organizational skills

Time Management

Thoroughness

Initiative

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Welding education or experience

Job description

Who We Are:

Lippert is a leading, global manufacturer and supplier of highly engineered products and customized solutions, dedicated to shaping, growing and bettering the RV, marine, automotive, commercial vehicle and building products industries. We combine our strategic manufacturing capabilities with the power of our winning team culture to deliver unrivaled customer service, award-winning innovation, and premium products to all of our customers.

Why We are Different:

At Lippert, Everyone Matters. This is not just a tagline or empty promise; it is who we are. We have intentionally created a culture that values and celebrates our team members' unique and varied backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences. We strive to give our team members a deeper sense of purpose at work, and we continue to build a better work environment by aligning our cultural and business strategies with the needs of our team members.

What You will Get:

1. A unique, inclusive and supportive company culture.


2. Comprehensive benefit offerings including medical, dental, vision, 401k with employer match, vacation, and more!


3. Fair and competitive compensation.


4. Career development and mentoring and opportunities to grow.


5. Holiday, personal and vacation days.

Summary/Objective

Team Member is responsible for all the frame fabrication (ie: cutter, strip line, hitch or UD, finish, and landing gear). Day to day frames may vary based on schedules and blueprints provided. Required to follow safety and quality regulations established by Lippert.

Essential Functions

1. Welding crossmembers and outriggers


2. Squaring the Frame and Squaring/welding the pin boxes


3. Welding the bumper and hitches on


4. Mounting or setting the Upper Deck and Welding the UD


5. Applying camber to the frame, checking camber and square


6. Installing and time Slide outs


7. Marking the rails for holes, slide outs, axels, beaver tails, etc.


8. Blowing the holes in the main rails and plasma cutting any holes needed.


9. Welding axel hangers on and welding brackets for jacks and slide outs


10. Cutting and welding the beaver tail.


11. Transferring the rails to a storage rack.


12. Welding draw bars


13. Welding coupler and safety chains


14. Check square on A-Frame


15. Welding different structural shapes (ie: tube to plate), and anything that jig was unable to weld


16. Getting a cut list in order


17. Calling for material


18. Prepping material to be cut, and then cutting it


19. Organizing material in racks


20. Install and weld landing gear/brackets


21. Welding bottom pan


22. Welding LP trays and battery boxes


23. Finishing holes in the upper deck


24. Scans finished frames into computer

Competencies

1. Lippert Core Values


2. Organizational skills


3. Time Management


4. Thoroughness


5. Initiative


6. Reading a tape measure


7. Blueprint Reading


8. Simple math (adding, subtracting, dividing fractions, etc.)

Supervisory Responsibility

This role does not have any supervisory responsibility upon hiring.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a Team Member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the Team Member is regularly required to talk and hear. This position is very active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, and climbing all day. The Team Member may have to lift and/or move items over 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time hourly position, and hours/days of work are decided by production schedules and your reporting manager.

Travel

Travel will be minimal to none and would be primarily local during the business day.

Required Education and Experience

1. High school diploma or equivalent preferred.

Preferred Education and Experience

1. Manufacturing/industry experience.


2. Welding education or experience preferred

Work Authorization/Security Clearance

Must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the Team Member for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Pay Group : AAP/EEO Statement

Lippert provides equal employment opportunity to all team members and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, age, genetic information, disability, citizen status, protected veteran status, military service, marital status or any other legally protected category as established by federal, state, or local law. This policy governs all employment decisions, including recruitment, hiring, job assignment, compensation, training, promotion, discipline, transfer, leave-of-absence, access to benefits, layoff, recall, termination and other personnel matters. All employment and personnel-related decisions are based solely upon legitimate, job‑related factors, such as skill, ability, past performance, and length of service with Lippert.

Lippert's strong commitment to equal employment opportunity requires a commitment by each individual team member. Compliance with the letter and spirit of this policy is required of all team members. Violations of this policy should be immediately reported to your leader or to any member of leadership. Team members who violate this policy will be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment.

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