Sheet Metal Apprentice

Young Electric Sign Company; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Young Electric Sign Company (YESCO) in Salt Lake City, UT is seeking a Sheet Metal Apprentice to learn the craft under supervision and progress toward certified technician status. You will fabricate sign parts, operate metal cutting and welding equipment, and contribute to efficient shop workflow within a team.

The role emphasizes hands-on training, safety, and preparation for YESCO's formal apprenticeship program, with opportunities to advance within a well-established sign company.

Qualifications

• Education: High school diploma or GED is required.
• Career focus: Enrollment in YESCO or authorized apprenticeship program is highly desirable.
• Foundational Skills: Basic experience with power tools or hands-on activities is a plus.
• Certification Commitment: Willingness to work toward a 3G Welding certificate.
• Technical Literacy: Ability to read and apply specifications and diagrams.
• Math Skills: Ability to apply geometric/algebraic calculations and read a tape measure.

Responsibilities

• Review plans and diagrams to translate specifications into cut materials.
• Learn to operate metal cutting and welding equipment to cut, weld, bend and shape parts.
• Operate welding equipment to join sign parts and structures.
• Plan, prepare and use materials efficiently to minimize waste.
• Perform finishing work: sanding, polishing, painting touch-ups and detailing.
• Prepare sign structures by laying out materials and pre-painting/wiring preparation tasks.

Skills

Blueprint reading

Power tool operation

Math calculations

Team communication

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Welding equipment

Sheet metal fabrication equipment

Job description

Minimum: Maximum: Location: Salt Lake City, Utah Job Type: Full time Job Title: Sheet Metal Apprentice

Kickstart Your Career in a Skilled Trade!

Are you a highly motivated high school graduate ready to learn a valuable, hands-on trade? Join our team and begin your career as an Apprentice Sign Fabricator! You will be trained under general supervision to effectively and efficiently fabricate high-quality sheet metal signs. This is an incredible opportunity to gain certified skills and work towards becoming a fully certified technician, with a clear path into the YESCO apprenticeship program.

What You Will Learn and Do (Essential Duties):

• Bring Designs to Life: Review plans and diagrams to translate precise specifications into accurately cut materials for sign parts.
• Master Fabrication Equipment: Learn to operate and program advanced metal cutting and welding equipment to cut, weld, bend, and shape various materials.
• Weld and Construct: Operate welding equipment to join sign parts and structures together.
• Maximize Efficiency: Plan, prepare, and use materials efficiently to keep waste to a minimum.
• Quality & Finish: Perform essential finishing work, including sanding, polishing, and cleaning cut materials, and applying paint touch-ups and detailing to signs.
• Assembly Preparation: Prepare sign structures by laying out materials for skinning/covering, and performing pre-painting and wiring preparation tasks, including cleaning and labeling parts.
• Safety First: Consistently implement and maintain quality control and safety procedures during material handling, cutting, and welding.
• Maintenance: Perform preventative maintenance and minor repairs to sheet metal department equipment.
• Teamwork: Perform all duties required to ensure the department meets project expectations and deadlines.

Team Support (Marginal Duties):

• Keep the shop area clean and free from debris to maintain a safe working environment.
• Assist other sheet metal employees as needed.
• Help monitor parts and materials inventory.
• Move materials, cut parts, and finished projects around the facility.
• Rack and pallet finished materials for shipping.

What We Look for In an Apprentice (Training & Qualifications):

• Education: High school diploma or GED is required.
• Career Focus: Acceptance or immediate enrollment in the YESCO or other authorized apprenticeship program is highly desirable.
• Foundational Skills: Demonstrated basic experience in power tool operation, or related hands-on areas, is a plus.
• Certification Commitment: Must be willing to work towards obtaining a 3G Welding certificate.
• Technical Literacy: The ability to read, interpret, and apply information from specifications, diagrams, and procedure manuals.
• Math Skills: The ability to apply geometric, algebraic and fraction mathematical calculations for accurate cutting and fitting. Be able to read a tape measure.
• Communication: Ability to effectively communicate with team members and supervisors.
• Physical Requirements: The role is performed indoors in a generally loud work environment. Candidates must be able to regularly stand, walk, sit, use hands to handle or feel, reach with hands and arms, and maintain balance. You must be able to occasionally move objects in excess of 30 lbs. Specific vision abilities include clarity of vision at 20 inches or less and the ability to adjust the eye to bring an object into sharp focus.

We maintain a drug free workplace. We do test for marijuana.

Young Electric Sign Company is an EEO/AA employer. We welcome all qualified jobseekers. Jobseekers will receive fair and impartial consideration without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic data, religion or other legally protected status.

Headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, YESCO is a privately owned sign company established in 1920 and is a top leader in the sign industry. YESCO is a professional, friendly, family oriented company that provides customers with signs and services of the highest quality with the greatest possible value, and provides good jobs, workings conditions and benefits for our employees. We are seeking good, qualified, enthusiastic individuals who are self-driven and self-motivated and who would love to work for us in an uplifting and enjoyable environment.