Job Overview: You’ll be part of the leading experts in the environment that pride themselves on grit, integrity, ownership, and innovation. Germfree prides themselves on engineering and developing innovative solutions that make an impact out in the real world. You will permanently join stainless steel parts/components for use in finished products using TIG welding equipment and techniques. Grind and polish to a pharmaceutical-grade finish.

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Work from blueprints, work orders, and specifications, in addition to following verbal instructions
• Cut, fabricate, and weld stainless steel, aluminum, and steel
• Produce high-quality welds on stainless steel using welding equipment and techniques to make or repair metal forms or objects
• Utilize hand tools, a tape measure, fixtures, jigs, and clamps for small welding jobs
• Other reasonably related duties

Required Skills and Abilities:

• Professional manner
• An active driver’s License helpful
• Ability to weld in various positions, including overhead
• Ability to operate basic hand and power tools
• Good oral communication skills
• Basic reading and comprehension skills; ability to write legibly
• Ability to understand and follow instructions
• Detail and quality results-oriented
• Ability to read and understand blueprints
• Ability to use and read measuring instruments accurately in both U.S. Standard and Metric
• Awareness of general safety principles in a Shop environment, in addition to welding safety and personal
• protective gear
• Reliable transportation to work
• Ability to complete tasks working with others and independently
• Work overtime as required
• Practice good safety habits
• Physical abilities: hearing; seeing; lifting, pushing and pulling between 50-75 pounds; crouching; bending, twisting; kneeling; squatting; crawling; walking; standing for long periods; reaching in all directions; balancing, holding, grasping and manipulating very small objects; hand/eye coordination; level of ambidexterity; use safety ladder; climbing; lay on a mechanic’s creeper and move about while performing tasks with tools; tolerate varying ranges of temperature inside and outside of a Shop environment.

Education and Experience:

• Certification desired; Vocational/Technical, U.S. Armed Forces, or apprenticeship training preferred.
• Experience with reading and understanding blueprints or sketches
• Knowledge of and experience in MIG welding, stainless steel, and aluminum, use of hand and power tools
• 1-year relevant experience, dependent on the level of job function. Experienced in stainless steel fabrication, tight tolerances and specifications, use of lathe, shear and brake press helpful.

Supervision Required: High

Supervisory Responsibilities: None

Why You’ll Love Germfree: We want to make sure that you can expect excellence from us as well, and so we provide the best work environment possible to allow you to love what you do. As stated before, we will give you everything you need to succeed, and will also motivate you to push yourself in new and positive ways. Whether this is meeting new people, working on projects you are passionate about, or innovating a process, we will help make it happen. A super hardcore work ethic, talent for building things, common sense & trustworthiness are required. At Germfree, you will get out exactly what you put in, and we know you can excel with us

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We value and celebrate the unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences of all individuals, and we believe that diversity drives innovation and growth. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status.

We also maintain a drug-free workplace. Offers of employment may be contingent upon the successful completion of a drug screening, in accordance with applicable laws and company policies.