Machine & Fabrication Shop Helper
On-siteEverett, Washington, United States
Job Summary
Assist machinists, millwrights, and fabricators with day-to-day production needs by gathering, organizing, and staging tools, equipment, and materials. Prepare raw materials and workpieces for machining, fabrication, and assembly while operating basic hand and power tools like grinders, saws, and drills. Perform material handling tasks including moving, loading, and unloading metal stock, and assist with deburring, grinding, and cleaning metal parts. Maintain organized work areas, inventory supplies, and conduct general shop cleanup to ensure safety and efficiency. Follow established safety procedures and PPE requirements while communicating material needs to shop personnel. This role offers exposure to machining, metal fabrication, and industrial shop operations for those with hands-on experience or a willingness to learn.
Required Qualifications
- Basic mechanical aptitude
- Ability to follow verbal and written instructions
- Ability to safely prioritize tasks
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced shop environment
- Strong attention to detail
- Organization
- Willingness to assist wherever needed
- Ability to work independently
- Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team
- Ability to stand and walk for extended periods throughout the workday
- Ability to frequently bend, stoop, reach, push, pull, and perform repetitive physical tasks
- Ability to safely lift, carry, and maneuver materials, tools, and equipment
- Ability to work safely around operating machinery, forklifts, metalworking equipment, noise, and other conditions typical of an industrial shop environment
- Ability to wear required personal protective equipment
- Ability to follow all established shop safety procedures
Desired Qualifications
- Previous experience in a machine shop, metal fabrication shop, job shop, manufacturing facility, industrial environment, or similar hands-on setting
- Familiarity with common hand tools and power tools
- Experience with or exposure to grinders, saws, and other basic metalworking equipment
- Basic familiarity with measuring tools, such as tape measures, calipers, micrometers, or similar equipment
- Familiarity with raw metal stock, including plate, sheet, bar, tube, pipe, or structural materials
- Forklift experience or certification
- Hands-on or entry-level manufacturing experience
- Willingness to learn
- Willingness to take direction from experienced tradespeople
- Ability to anticipate what is needed to keep jobs moving
- Ability to contribute wherever they can make the shop more organized and efficient
- Dependability
- Motivation
- Mechanically inclined nature
- Comfort working in an active industrial shop environment
- Takes pride in being dependable, helpful, and productive
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