**Job Title: Welder and Fabricator** **Job Description** This contract-to-hire role offers the opportunity to work as a MIG welder and fabricator, independently producing steel frames and components for extended truck beds. You will use your welding, fabrication, and blueprint-reading skills at a growing manufacturing facility that values quality workmanship and professional growth. **Responsibilities** + Perform MIG welding on steel components to produce frames and parts for extended truck beds. + Fabricate steel parts using welding, cutting, and fitting techniques to meet production specifications. + Read and interpret blueprints to determine dimensions, tolerances, and fabrication requirements. + Set up and operate bandsaws to cut steel materials accurately according to measurements. + Work independently at a designated workstation to complete welding and fabrication tasks with minimal supervision. + Use fabrication machinery, such as press brakes and bandsaws, to form and prepare parts for welding. + Inspect welds and fabricated components to ensure they meet quality and safety standards. + Apply basic fitting skills to align, clamp, and secure parts prior to welding. + Use basic math skills to measure, mark, and verify dimensions during cutting and fabrication. + Maintain a clean and organized work area and follow all facility safety procedures and guidelines. **Essential Skills** + Proven MIG welding experience on steel components. + Hands-on fabrication experience in a manufacturing or similar environment. + Ability to read and interpret blueprints accurately. + Proficiency with bandsaw operation for cutting steel materials. + Basic fitting skills to align and prepare parts for welding. + Strong math skills to support accurate measuring, layout, and fabrication. + Ability to work independently and complete assigned tasks with minimal supervision. **Additional Skills & Qualifications** + Experience working with fabrication machinery such as press brakes. + Familiarity with TIG welding and fitting is a plus. + Comfort working at various welding and fabrication workstations within a manufacturing facility. + Commitment to safety practices in a welding and fabrication environment. **Why Work Here?** Join a fast-growing, locally rooted shop that offers clear opportunities for advancement and internal promotion. Team members can be fast-tracked into leadership roles and receive support in developing their careers as welders and fabricators. The organization provides a strong benefits package, including 10 paid holidays, your birthday off, quality health insurance, an HSA, and additional benefits that support your well-being and work-life balance. **Work Environment** This role is based in a manufacturing facility with multiple workstations dedicated to welding and fabrication. You will work around fabrication machinery such as press brakes and bandsaws, as well as dedicated welding stations where products are built. The position follows a swing shift schedule from Monday to Friday, 3:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. The environment is hands-on, production-focused, and centered on safe operation of equipment and tools. **Job Type & Location** This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Boise, ID. **Pay and Benefits** The pay range for this position is $25.00 - $25.00/hr. Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: - Medical, dental & vision - Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital - 401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available - Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) - Short and long-term disability - Health Spending Account (HSA) - Transportation benefits - Employee Assistance Program - Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave) **Workplace Type** This is a fully onsite position in Boise,ID. **Application Deadline** This position is anticipated to close on May 13, 2026. **About Aerotek:** We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry - from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies' construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow. Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts. The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.