Welder/Fabricator - Custom Manufacturing

Casco & Sons LLC • Full-time • Livonia, Michigan, United States • $24 - $35 / hour • 2w ago

Welding Fabricator

Job Title: Welding Fabricator

The Welding Fabricator: You'll fit and weld custom stairs and railing to print — clean, strong, code-compliant welds on steel, stainless, and aluminum — turning cut parts into finished pieces our customers are proud to install.

As Welding Fabricator, you're the hands that build what we sell. You'll work directly with our shop manager (Alberto) and the rest of the fabrication team to take fitted parts from the cut list to a finished, weld-inspected assembly, on schedule and to spec.

About Us:

At Casco and Sons, LLC, we create beautiful and timeless pieces of ironwork. We are a 20+ employee fabrication shop with a 30+ year reputation for fabricating stairs - curved, spiral, and straight, as well as railing - for commercial and residential customers near and far using stainless, aluminum, and steel/iron. Our precision work and customer satisfaction speaks for itself. We've built strong relationships with repeat customers and enjoy steady, profitable work. Our team includes skilled fabricators, installers, and office staff who care about doing work right. We're stable, growing, and looking to expand our shop capacity to support increased sales.

We depend on our highly skilled team to serve our customers and fulfill our promise of helping them create a more beautiful world. We also elevate our team with training and encouraging them to become the most elite version of themselves.

Compensation:

$23.00 per hour DOE

Responsibilities - Fabrication & Welding (50% of your time):

Fit and weld stringers, treads, guardrails, columns, and embed plates to shop drawings
Select and apply the correct welding process (MIG, TIG, or stick) for the material and joint
Work from cut lists and CAD/shop drawings to assemble parts accurately
Sequence fit-up and welding to control heat distortion, especially on stainless and aluminum

Responsibilities - Weld Quality (30% of your time):

Produce welds that meet AWS D1.1 structural welding code and Casco's finish standards
Inspect your own welds for defects before handoff — undercut, porosity, incomplete fusion
Grind and clean welds to the specified finish
Flag any print or fit-up issue to Alberto before it becomes rework

Responsibilities - Shop Support (20% of your time):

Read and interpret blueprints and shop drawings independently
Coordinate sequencing and priorities with the fabrication team
Maintain a clean, organized, and safe welding station
Assist with material handling and machine setup as needed

Required Qualifications:

3+ years of structural or ornamental welding and fabrication experience
Proficient in MIG and TIG welding
Ability to read blueprints and shop drawings
Experience welding steel, stainless, and aluminum
Able to pass a weld test to AWS D1.1 standard
Valid Michigan driver's license

Preferred Experiences:

Ornamental/architectural metalwork experience — stairs, railing, custom fabrication
Current AWS certification(s)
Experience with galvanized steel prep and finishing
Forklift certification
Familiarity with CNC-cut parts and fit-up from laser/waterjet output

Benefits

Competitive hourly pay
Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance
Paid Time Off (PTO)
Paid Holidays
401K w/ employer match
Life insurance, AD&D insurance, short-term & long-term disability, plus many others available

Must email resume for consideration.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

401(k)
401(k) matching
AD&D insurance
Dental insurance
Health insurance
Life insurance
Paid time off
Vision insurance

Application Question(s):

"Tell me about the toughest weld or fit-up you've had to solve. What made it difficult, and how did you approach it?"
"Walk me through how you check your own weld quality before you call a piece done."
"Describe a time you caught a problem with a print or a fitted part before it went further down the line. What did you do?"

Education:

High School Diploma or equivalent (Required)
Welding certificate or vocational training (Preferred)

Experience:

Structural/ornamental welding: 3 years (Required)

Work Location: In person

Pay: $24.50 - $35.10 per hour

Benefits:

401(k) matching
Dental insurance
Health insurance
Vision insurance

Application Question(s):

"Walk me through how you check your own weld quality before you call a piece done."
"Describe a time you caught a problem with a print or a fitted part before it went further down the line. What did you do?"
"Tell me about the toughest weld or fit-up you've had to solve. What made it difficult, and how did you approach it?"

Work Location: In person