Welder - General Maintenance Service Technician Day shift

We are seeking skilled welders and mechanically inclined trades professionals to join our maintenance team. This role is for candidates with experience in industrial welding, fabrication, equipment maintenance, and structural welding who enjoy solving problems and working with their hands.

In this position, you'll apply your welding and fabrication skills to repair, modify, and improve production equipment while working alongside a team of maintenance professionals responsible for keeping our facility operating at peak performance. Whether your background comes from manufacturing, construction, agriculture, fabrication shops, or military maintenance, we offer opportunities to grow your technical skills and build a long-term career.

With moderate supervision, provide maintenance support to ensure the safe and effective operation of facility equipment and production systems. Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Perform welding repairs on production equipment, machinery, structural components, piping, platforms, guards, and support systems.
• Utilize TIG, MIG, Stick, Purge, and other welding processes to repair and fabricate parts as needed.
• Read and interpret blueprints, fabrication drawings, welding symbols, and maintenance work orders.
• Operate hand tools, power tools, cutting torches, grinders, plasma cutters, saws, and other metal fabrication equipment safely and effectively.
• Fabricate replacement parts, brackets, guards, supports, and modifications to improve equipment reliability.
• Possess basic computer skills.
• Ability to operate an aerial lift and sit-down forklift.
• Respond to equipment failures and emergency repair situations to minimize downtime.
• Work safely in accordance with company safety procedures and welding safety standards.
• Comfortable operating at high elevations if needed.

• Ability to work variable shifts, weekends, and/or holidays
• 1st shift 6:00AM – 2:30PM Mon-Fri
• Up to 2 weekends per month (Sat and/or Sun)

We encourage candidates with experience in any of the following areas to apply:

• Industrial welding and fabrication
• Structural steel welding
• Manufacturing and plant welding
• Agricultural equipment repair
• Heavy equipment maintenance and welding
• Conveyor system repairs
• Sanitary Pipe welding and repair
• Maintenance welding
• Fabrication shop experience
• Mechanical repair combined with welding experience
• Military welding or mechanical maintenance experience
• Construction welding experience
• Metal fabrication and custom part manufacturing

• Experience welding carbon steel, stainless steel, and aluminum.
• Ability to fabricate components from raw materials and drawings.
• Knowledge of welding safety procedures and lockout/tagout practices.
• Experience performing equipment repairs in manufacturing or industrial environments.
• Familiarity with mechanical systems such as conveyors, motors, pumps, gearboxes, and pneumatic systems.
• Trade school, welding certification, apprenticeship, or equivalent hands-on experience.

Hourly Applicants ONLY -You must complete the task after submitting your application to provide additional information to be considered for employment.

The successful candidate(s) must be willing and able to perform the physical requirements of the job with or without a reasonable accommodation.

Tyson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, national origin, color, religion, age, genetics, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status.

We provide our team members and their families with paid time off; 401(k) plans; affordable health, life, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits; and more.

Unsolicited Assistance: Tyson Foods and its subsidiaries do not accept unsolicited support from external recruitment vendors for open positions within the United States. Any resumes or candidate profiles submitted by recruitment vendors or headhunters to any employee or applicant tracking system at Tyson Foods or its subsidiaries, without a valid written request and search agreement approved by HR, will be considered the property of Tyson Foods. No fees will be paid if the candidate is hired due to an unsolicited referral.