Welder

Safety First. Excellence. Pride. Integrity. Compassion. Trust. Are you ready to plant your career in a place where words like these serve as the foundation for doing business every day? At Michigan Sugar, our purpose is Making Life Sweeter, and our mission is Creating Growth and Opportunity.

Michigan Sugar Company has an immediate, full-time opportunity for a Welder, located at the Bay City Factory, 2600 S. Euclid Ave., Bay City, MI 48706.

JOB SUMMARY

Responsible for the day-to-day welding functions and mechanical issues within the Michigan Sugar Company Agricultural Maintenance Department by pushing for continuous improvement within your area of responsibility to become more efficient with less down time while continuing to produce a quality product. To support the shift-to-shift department operations as needed. Applicant must be capable of performing a variety of welding functions and be familiar with and capable of using various types of welding and cutting equipment.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsible for all welding repairs of the pilers, ventilation equipment, and any other related agricultural equipment.
• Must look for ways to improve productivity from a welding and fabrication perspective, reduce breakdowns, and decrease downtime.
• Responsible for overseeing repairs performed by contractors to aid and assist management by reporting progress and deficiencies as needed.
• Must be able to work safely with tools - including hand tools, wrenches, torches, grinders, drills, pneumatic tools, impact wrenches, and heavy lifting equipment such as jacks, porta powers, chain falls, and come-a-longs.
• Ensures that working conditions are always safe and supports all related safety policies, procedures, and guidelines.
• Must have strong skills with the use of hand and power tools employed in all types of welding, cutting, fabrication and repair work.
• Attend and participate in special training and familiarization workshops dealing with updates or changes in piling ground equipment operations, repairs, and maintenance.
• Maintains and an accurate parts inventory at all times for all pieces of welding and fabrication equipment.
• Help maintain compliance with good manufacturing practices and safety standards.

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS

• Possess a High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Required to pass MSC approved Welding Certification Test at Delta College.
• Will be required to maintain welding certification.
• Minimum of 5 years of welding and fabrication experience.
• Chauffeur License or ability to obtain one.

KEY COMPETENCIES

• Must effectively communicate concerns related to preventative maintenance, mechanical breakdowns, and any other concerns to management and other maintenance employees as needed.
• Must effectively communicate with other crew members, foreman, or supervision during shift changes as it pertains to downtime items, repairs, updates, lessons learned, anytime the following shift could potentially be impacted when necessary.
• Must have the ability to support equipment management processes to ensure piler equipment efficiencies, improve key performance indicators and to eliminate down time as needed.
• Flexibility to travel to all other job sites to perform required maintenance on equipment as needed.

NOTE: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by staff assigned to this position. The above statements are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills that may be required. All staff may be required to perform duties outside their normal responsibilities as needed.

Michigan Sugar Company offers competitive market wages for both hourly and salaried employees, opportunity for professional growth and development, and comprehensive benefit packages that may include medical, dental, 401(k) and paid time off. To learn more visit www.michigansugar.com.

Michigan Sugar Company was founded in 1906 when six smaller sugar companies merged their operations. In 2002, Michigan Sugar Company became a grower-owned cooperative and in 2004, it merged with Monitor Sugar Company to form the company that exists today.

Michigan Sugar Company is headquartered in Bay City and has sugar beet processing facilities in Bay City, Caro, Croswell and Sebewaing. Its nearly 900 grower-owners plant and harvest up to 140,000 acres of sugar beets each year in 17 Michigan counties, as well as Ontario, Canada. Those beets are sliced at the factories and turned into about 1.3 billion pounds of sugar annually.

That sugar is sold to industrial, commercial, and retail customers under the Pioneer and Big Chief brands.

Michigan Sugar Company has approximately 1,000 year-round employees and an additional 1,100 seasonal workers. It is the No. 1 employer in Huron County, the No. 2 employer in Bay and Sanilac counties and the No. 3 employer in Tuscola County. The company's annual payroll is more than $90 million and its annual local economic impact is about $700 million.

Michigan Sugar Company is the third largest of eight sugar beet processing companies in the United States and Michigan is one of 11 states where sugar beets are grown in the country.

Michigan Sugar Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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