Pressure Vessel Fabrication Tech; Sandblasting

Overview

Description Summary (Position Description): We are looking for a skilled fabrication technician who will be responsible for operating and maintaining equipment. You must be competent in using potentially dangerous equipment following all safety precautions. In this position, you will be expected to work efficiently and quickly to meet production target while maintaining high-quality standards.

Fabrication Supervisor

Full time, Nonexempt

• Performing tasks as directed by the supervisor.
• Ensure that products are correct to blueprint to meet quality standards.
• Keeping a clean and organized work area, adhering to, and improving upon 5S standards.
• Reporting any issues or problems to the supervisor.
• Meeting production targets and deadlines.
• Working collaboratively with other team members.
• Following all safety protocols and wearing all appropriate PPE.
• Perform preventative maintenance and cleaning of equipment (hand tools, machines, workstations, etc.).
• Ability to read blueprints and/or drawings in addition to reading measurements.
• Must be able to operate heavy machinery such as water jet, plasma table, pipe cutter, press brake, band saw, and sandblast booth.

• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds including moving parts/boxes from floor, shelves, pallets, and carts.
• Ability to effectively move around on your feet for up to 100% of the designated shift time.
• Unrestricted mobility including twisting, pulling, bending over, reaching, walking, standing, hand movement, lifting of trash cans, hoppers, buckets, boxes, and other items.
• Communicate successfully (written/verbal) with coworkers.
• Ensure successful/clear written paperwork and traveler documents.
• Ability to read drawings and understand drawings as well as digital gauges.
• Work in a production type environment where individual output is critical and measured.

• Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds.
• Must be able to use hand tools, grinders, pneumatic tools, overhead cranes, pallet jacks, and measuring tools.

This job is performed in a manufacturing environment and requires constant use of PPE. The facility has climate control, but it can get hot while performing the job.

Employee frequently is required to stand; walk; bend; stoop; use hands; and reach with hands and arms. May be required to lift up to 50 pounds.

• Medical Insurance (heavily subsidized by the Company)
• Dental Insurance
• Company paid Vision Insurance, $50,000 life insurance and Short and Long-Term Disability
• 2 Weeks Paid Vacation and 5 Paid Personal Days
• Education Reimbursement (must be approved by manager)
• 401(k) Plan where it matches dollar-for-dollar up to 4% of compensation; 100% vested immediately.
• Company Long Term Incentive Plan based on the profitability of the Company; 100% vested after 6 years on a graded scale.

Bitzer Us Inc. is a leading manufacturer of key components used in commercial and industrial refrigeration and air conditioning systems. These key components include compressors, pressure vessels such as condensers and evaporators, compressor packages, and condensing units. Other products include waste heat-to-power equipment that converts excess heat to low-cost electricity.

You partner with others to get work done while gaining insight into customers' needs and deliver solutions that exceed customer expectations. You create Raving Fans. You set objectives aligning with organization and prioritize accordingly.

Conveniently located in Flowery Branch, Georgia 5 minutes off I-985. The Company is wholly owned by Bitzer SE (located in Germany), the Company is a private company and serves as Bitzer SE’s flagship North American subsidiary. On a global basis, Bitzer SE has 3,900 employees at 72 sites in 38 countries, including 20 production facilities.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice. Employees are required to follow any job-related instructions and to perform job-related duties requested by management. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily with or without reasonable accommodations.

The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required. This Job Description does not imply an employment contract. BITZER US is an at-will employer. BITZER US is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and as such we recruit, hire, train, and promote persons in all job classifications without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetics, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristics protected by law.