Senior Fabricator

Best People + Right Culture. These are the driving forces behind JE Dunn’s success.

By hiring inspired people, giving them interesting and challenging work, enabling them with innovative tools, and letting them share in the company’s rewards, we’ve found a sustainable way to grow in our industry for the last 100+ years.

Our diverse teams around the country strive to enrich lives through inspired people and places everyday, and we need inspired people like you to join us in our pursuit of building perfection.

Role Summary

The Senior Fabricator will produce components for multiple construction project types, including high level precision components and for multiple construction project types. This role will also design and build jigs and fixtures to create repeatable parts and lead small teams conducting similar tasks. All activities will be performed in support of the strategy, vision and values of JE Dunn.     

• Autonomy and Decision-Making: Follows directions and refers all exceptions to supervisor.
• Career Path: Prefabrication Foreman 1

Key Role Responsibilities - Core

• Operates a variety of types of manual and automated equipment producing metal or wood components
• Applies basic math (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division) to production activities, such as cutting parts to size or putting multiple parts together in an assembly
• Collects multiple components cut to specific sizes and assembles together an end product
• Packages and loads cut materials and assemblies for transport to project sites as needed
• Accurately reads and understands a tape measure
• Responsible for cleaning up the shop, shop equipment, and common areas

• Uses technology such as tablet computers and multiple types of software to communicate, inform daily work tasks and report progress.
• Completes equipment setup on manual and automated shop equipment for new operations without assistance
• Sets up jigs and fixtures to produce repeatable parts
• Completes tooling changes and automated equipment preventive maintenance without assistance
• Uses precision measuring tools, such as calipers, micrometers, etc. to check material, parts, and tooling to the thousandth of an inch
• Accurately checks delivered materials or material ready to be shipped against paper work and make a detailed reporting of variances.
• Uses measuring and marking devices to lay out parts and pieces for fabrication.
• Responsible for reading and understanding shop drawings, fabrication drawings, construction drawings, and other drawings applicable to production activities.

Key Role Responsibilities - Additional Core

In addition, this position will be responsible for:

• Troubleshoots equipment with the assistance of internal team members and external partners
• Trains and mentors other team members within area of experience
• Programs specified machines on the production floor, including revising programs to correct for errors as needed
• Provides feedback on fabrication processes and drawings
• Fits a multitude of parts or assemblies to create a high-quality component that meets strict tolerance requirements
• Selects the best raw material for an application from a larger quantity of materialPrograms complex automated equipment that will be used to produce repeatable parts utilizing knowledge gained from extensive equipment training
• Applies basic trigonometry to production activities, such as the ability to determine an angle from given measurements
• Reviews assigned tasks and collaborates with leadership to implement tasks requiring substantial planning and forethought
• Creates jigs and fixtures to increase the efficiency of fabrication operations
• Directs and leads tasks for a small production team consisting of themselves and up to 3 other team members
• Troubleshoots equipment and collaborates with internal team members and external partners to develop a solution and proposes changes to the system that will eliminate the issue on future projects

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Ability to perform work accurately and completely, and in a timely manner
• Communication skills, verbal and written
• Ability to follow-up on inquiries in a timely manner
• Ability to identify common construction materials and shop equipment
• Ability to build relationships and collaborate within a team, both internally and externally

Education

• High School Diploma or GED (Preferred)
• Apprentice and/or Vocational/Technical/Trade trainin