Fabricator

**Position Title: Fabricator

Department: Production** Division: AGI Airlanco Location: Falls City, Nebraska About AGI Ag Growth International (AGI) is a Canadian based food infrastructure company. With over 3,800 employees and over 30 global manufacturing brands, AGI is a leading provider of equipment and technology solutions for agricultural commodities including seed, fertilizer, grain and feed systems and an expanding platform for food processing facilities.

AGI Falls City is a world-class manufacturer of air management equipment specializing in the design of custom solutions for a wide range of industries. AGI Falls City makes dependable centrifugal and axial fans, ducting, transitions and other sheet metal and aeration products. Our aeration systems are custom built for each installation to provide optimum storage conditions for farm bins and major terminals. AGI Falls City products help companies meet OSHA, EPA and other clean air guidelines.

The Opportunity We are actively seeking a production fabricator for the manufacturing floor to Fabricate, lay out, position, align, and fit parts of structural metal products.

Responsibilities

• Position, align, fit, and weld parts to form complete units or subunits, following blueprints and layout specifications, and using fixtures, welding torches, and hand tools.
• Verify conformance of work pieces to specifications, using squares, rulers, and measuring tapes.
• Tack-weld fitted parts together.
• Lay out and examine metal stock or work pieces to be processed in order to ensure that specifications are met.
• Align and fit parts according to specifications, using jacks, turnbuckles, wedges, drift pins, pry bars, and hammers.
• Locate and mark work piece bending and cutting lines, allowing for stock thickness, machine and welding shrinkage, and other component specifications.
• Study engineering drawings and blueprints to determine materials requirements and task sequences.
• Move parts into position, manually or by using hoists or cranes.
• Set up and operate fabricating machines such as brakes, rollers, shears, flame cutters, grinders, and drill presses to bend, cut, form, punch, drill, or otherwise form and assemble metal components.
• Hammer, chip, and grind work pieces in order to cut, bend, and straighten metal. Hammer out bulges or bends in metal work pieces.
• Design and construct templates and fixtures, using hand tools.
• Straighten warped or bent parts, using sledges, hand torches, straightening presses.
• Mark reference points onto floors or face blocks and transpose them to work pieces, using measuring devices, squares, chalk, and soapstone.
• Set up face blocks, jigs, and fixtures.
• Remove high spots and cut bevels, using hand files, portable grinders, and plasma torches.
• Direct welders to build up low spots or short pieces with weld.
• Lift or move materials and finished products, using cranes and fork trucks.
• Erect ladders and scaffolding to fit together large assemblies.
• Cut metal plates and structural shapes to dimensions and contour and bevel as specified by blueprints, layouts, work orders and templates, using powered saws, shears or flame tables.
• Operate metal shaping, straightening and bending machines such as brakes and shears.
• Confer with engineering, supervisory, and manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
• Establish work procedures for fabricating new structural products, using a variety of metal working machines.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma
• One to two years related experience preferred.
• Valid Driver’s License
• Computer literate
• Microsoft Office

Why AGI? Leading the Way in Global Food Supply Chain Solutions AGI is a leading global expert in providing farmers, processors and commercial customers with the right equipment and customized engineering solutions to produce, protect and deliver the world’s grain, fertilizer, seed, feed and food supplies. Dedicated to safety, innovation and customization, AGI offers one of the largest catalogs of equipment and full-service planning and engineering services for the storage, blending, mixing, conveying, conditioning, and processing of agricultural products worldwide. Supported by an extensive in-country sales and service team, AGI provides a global distribution network and state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities in Canada, the United States, Brazil, India, France, and Italy.

Our Culture Safety and teamwork are the cornerstones of our global culture. In all aspects of our business, diverse and inclusive teams work together to deliver quality products, solutions, and services for our customers around the world.

Our Benefits Our competitive salaries, benefits packages, and employee share purchase plan help you take care of your family. Professional development activities keep you learning and involved, offering many opportunities to grow and advance your career.

With AGI, you’re choosing an employer dedicated to strengthening and securing the global food supply chain. AGI is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need.

Accommodations are available upon request for candidates with a disability taking part in the recruitment process and once hired.