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A growing food manufacturer is seeking an experienced Fabricator / Sanitary Welder to support Engineering and Maintenance. This is a hands-on role for someone capable of independently taking stainless-steel fabrication projects from layout and fabrication through welding, finishing, installation, and turnover.
The ideal candidate has advanced sanitary welding and stainless-steel fabrication experience and can serve as a technical resource within the plant.
Responsibilities
- Fabricate, modify, install, and repair stainless-steel equipment, piping, tanks, conveyors, platforms, guarding, hoppers, and other components.
- Perform high-quality TIG and MIG welding, including thin-gauge and sanitary stainless applications.
- Lay out, cut, form, grind, polish, passivate, and finish stainless steel and other metals.
- Read blueprints, weld symbols, P&IDs, schematics, and engineering drawings.
- Build components from drawings and field measurements.
- Support equipment installations, utility tie-ins, capital projects, and equipment upgrades.
- Fabricate replacement parts to reduce equipment downtime.
- Apply sanitary design standards using 304/316L stainless and food-grade materials.
- Support troubleshooting, preventive maintenance, and continuous improvement.
- Mentor less-experienced fabricators and maintenance technicians.
Qualifications
- 7+ years of hands-on welding and fabrication experience.
- 3+ years in food, beverage, dairy, pharmaceutical, or another sanitary manufacturing environment.
- Advanced TIG and MIG stainless-steel welding skills.
- Experience with sanitary tubing, Tri-Clamp fittings, weld ferrules, and butt welds.
- Strong stainless-steel layout, fabrication, grinding, polishing, and finishing skills.
- Ability to independently complete fabrication projects.
- Ability to read engineering drawings, weld symbols, and P&IDs.
- Knowledge of sanitary design, GMPs, food safety, and CIP systems.
- AWS D1.6 or ASME Section IX certification is a strong plus.
- Orbital welding experience preferred.
Why Join?
- $35–$45/hour
- Monday–Friday day shift
- Benefits
- Skilled fabrication work with significant autonomy
- Opportunity to support equipment improvements and capital projects
- Stable, growing food manufacturing environment
Occasional weekend or shutdown work may be required.
Interviews tomorrow
- Experience
- Required
- Employment
- Full-time
- Salary
- $35 – $45 hourly
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