FULL DESCRIPTION: 

At MGS, we provide our team members with steady work, year round, and opportunities to grow a lasting career while focusing on employee safety and promoting a healthy work environment.

In business since 1962, we build equipment that delivers well-engineered, reliable solutions for all kinds of transportation challenges. With a focus on superior quality and great people, we are proud to say we build things that last.

Weld Fitter/Fabricator
Individual will lay out, fit, and weld fabricated, cast, and forged components to produce products to complete specific military projects.

Weld Fitter/Fabricator DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

These functions constitute essential functions for the job position that the employee must be able to fulfill, with or without accommodation. The following list is not exhaustive. Other duties and responsibilities may be assigned and are to be considered a required part of the job.

Welder Fitter/Fabricator Communication Requirements:

• Follow necessary MGS and customer-specific procedures and work instructions.
• Read complex paperwork/drawings or follows oral instructions to ascertain materials and process for fabrication.
• Execute tasks and responsibilities as required by the Quality System
• Maintain accurate, legible, and complete Quality and Process documentation

Welder Fitter/Fabricator Production Requirements:

• Lay out, position, align, and fit components together while maintaining tight tolerances.
• Bolt, clamp, and tack-weld parts to secure in position for welding.
• Set up equipment and weld parts, using, MIG welding and cutting (plasma and torch), equipment.
• Assemble parts by bolting and riveting, when necessary.
• Rework products by dismantling, straightening, reshaping, and reassembling parts.
• Move between production assignments that utilize multiple skill endorsements as needed to support production requirements
• Safely operate forklifts, tractors or electric hoists to move product, when necessary.

Welder Fitter/Fabricator General Requirements:

• Follow safety guidelines and uses all required personal protective equipment.
• Demonstrate flexibility and willingness to work overtime and to meet schedule demands.
• Maintain a clean and well-organized work area.

Welder Fitter/Fabricator Conduct Requirements:

• Integrity – The demonstration of honesty and trust are critical to the success of team goals. Team members must reliably do the right thing.
• Cooperation – Team members must work together and chip in where necessary to keep on schedule.
• Respect – Team cohesiveness depends on all members communicating with each other in a manner that allows open and honest exchanges.
• Reliability – The need for dependable and dedicated team members is critical to the execution of production planning

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duties and responsibilities satisfactorily. The additional subjects listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

ITAR Compliance:

• Access to our facility and therefore employment is restricted under the international Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and/ or Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents of the United States and properly licensed foreign persons.

Welder Fitter/Fabricator Education and Experience:

• 5+ years MIG welding experience. Or…
• 9+ years’ experience with GMAW welding process (MIG welding).
• Experience welding various types and gauges of materials to tight tolerances while minimizing distortion.
• Experience working in a tightly controlled production environment.

Endorsements – The work requires the employee to obtain and maintain several endorsements.

Language Skills - The work requires you to be able to follow verbal instructions as well as read and understand production documentation that details what needs to be completed on each part, the information is in English, so reading, understanding, and writing in English is a requirement in order to complete the tasks at hand.

Physical Demands - The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The employee frequently is required to stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, walk, sit, climb, balance, lift, and talk or hear. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands and fingers; and reach with hands and arms. The employee must be able to occasionally maintain awkward positions for a portion of the work day. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 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. Hearing is an important part of working in the job environment safely. The employee must be able to hear instruction, warnings, buzzers and alarms.



Work Environment - The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to fumes or airborne particles. The employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places; toxic or caustic chemicals; and outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.