Fitter Fabricator

Advanced Integration Technology•Chesterfield, MI

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Fitter Fabricator assembles structural frameworks and housings from raw material and prepares and fabricates metal components for welding. The role involves checking parts against prints and specifications, fitting and aligning components, operating fabrication equipment, and preparing parts for welding or riveting. The position is performed indoors in a temperature-controlled production environment, with possible exposure to various industrial hazards. Overtime may be necessary to meet deadlines or address emergent conditions, and travel may be required up to 10% of the time.

Requirements

Associate degree or technical school education.
Minimum of one year of related experience and/or training.
Read and understand blueprints, schematics, and measuring devices.
Follow processes and standard procedures.
Use hand tools and power tools.
Have clear and effective written and spoken communication skills.
Use computers for basic tasks such as opening files, navigating websites, performing searches, and downloading files.
Analyze and diagnose problems and work independently to solve them.
Work collaboratively with colleagues, coworkers, contractors, management, team members, and customers.
Handle frequent interruptions, multitask, and perform consistently under stressful conditions.
Move objects weighing up to 50 pounds.
Meet the physical demands of climbing, walking between work sites, operating vehicles or heavy equipment, prolonged standing, repetitive motions, bending, and stooping.
Perform visual inspections involving small defects and parts and operate machines.

Nice To Haves

Cross-functionality in other areas of the aerospace industry.

Responsibilities

Verify that workpieces conform to specifications using squares, rulers, and measuring tapes.
Align and fit parts according to specifications using jacks, turnbuckles, wedges, drift pins, pry bars, and hammers.
Set up and operate fabrication machines—including brakes, rolls, shears, flame cutters, grinders, and drill presses—to bend, cut, form, punch, drill, or assemble metal components.
Position or tighten braces, jacks, clamps, ropes, or bolt straps, or bolt parts in position for welding or riveting.
Chip or grind excess weld, slag, or spatter using hand scrapers, portable grinders, or arc-cutting equipment.
Review parts received from the kitting area and compare them to the print.
Fabricate and revise fixtures, jigs, and gauges.
Operate or use forklifts, cranes, hoists, slings, grinders, cutting torches, hand tools, drills, punches, and measuring instruments.
Inspect equipment, structures, or materials to identify causes of errors or other problems or defects.
Perform other duties as assigned.