**Welder** **Job Description** We are looking for a skilled Welder to join our team. You will play a crucial role in maintaining a safe and healthy work environment, reading and interpreting blueprints, and performing various welding tasks. Your expertise will help ensure that parts are welded to specific tolerances and prepared for painting. If you have experience in MIG and TIG welding, as well as fabrication, this opportunity is perfect for you. **Responsibilities** + Proactively attain a safe and healthy work environment for all employees. + Read and interpret blueprints, welding prints, and other drawings. + Select parts from laser cutting/press brake operation to weld and align parts according to specifications. + Weld parts to specific tolerances. + Modify or redesign existing parts if necessary. + Sand, grind, buff, taper, and/or tap fabricated parts to drawing specifications. + Design and build fixtures and jigs for use in welding and assembly operations. + Set up and run MIG welding machines. + Operate overhead cranes and use various hand tools including saws, shears, drills, and grinders. + Prepare fabricated parts for painting. + Visually inspect each part that is ready for paint. + Maintain a clean and orderly work area. **Essential Skills** + Experience with MIG welding. + Familiarity with the metric system. + Ability to read blueprints. + Knowledge of weld shrinkage factors and various welding techniques. + Ability to successfully pass an entry-level test administered by Mazak. **Additional Skills & Qualifications** + Experience with MIG welding. + Fabrication skills. + Knowledge of power tools. + Experience with stainless steel, assembling, and sheet metal. + Sanding experience is a plus. **About Aerotek:** We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry – from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies’ construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow. Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts. The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.