ABOUT US:

Aaron’s Fabrication is a small, family-owned, high-volume contract manufacturing company located in Clinton Township Michigan that was founded in 2014. Pipe fabrication is what we do. AF high quality products help keep the Gas networks flowing. Our company helps leading Utility companies achieve their vision of creating a more sustainable future. The AF highly diversified fabricated product line includes Meter Set Assemblies, Pipe Nipples, Farm Taps, Regulator Stations, Meter Mounting Brackets and many other fabricated steel piping assemblies. Our manufacturing capabilities include CNC Machining, CNC Pipe Bending, Welding/fabrication, automated hot forge end forming, automation painting & testing. Since our founding, we have manufactured over 200,000 Meter Set Assemblies for leading Fortune 500 Gas Utilities and that number is continuing to grow along with our customer base. We currently relocated our manufacturing operations to a brand new 50,000 square foot facility and still kept our existing building for warehousing operations.

CHARACTERISTICS WE’RE LOOKING FOR IN A CANDIDATE:

• Sold on the long-term and looking for a shop to call home
• Great working attitude in a smaller shop environment
• Hardworking and willing to learn
• Great attendance record
• Very organized

PRIMARY DUTIES OF THIS POSITION WILL BE RUNNING HIGH-VOLUME NPT PIPE FITTINGS FOR THE NATURAL GAS INDUSTRY ON OUR HIGH-VOLUME ROTARY TRANSFER MACHINING LINE. TO GET HIGH SIDE OF WAGE, CANDIDATE MUST MEET ALL QUALIFICATIONS. THERE WILL BE SOME TRAINING, BUT CANDIDATE MUST BE EXPERT VERY SHORTLY AND COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT. THIS IS A SENIOR MACHINIST POSITION AND HAS POTENTIAL TO GROW WITH COMPANY.

Our company has secured many long-term contracts in the Energy industry so we’re looking for a machinist who is looking to stay with us. Our industry doesn’t face the typical downturns of the Auto & Aerospace Sectors. In the past two years our company has grown 400% in revenue and is continuing to grow in the coming years. We’re looking for an innovative CNC Lathe Programmer/Machinist who has deep experience and understanding of machining & automation. Candidate will be required to be at the machine daily and go through training.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Turn-key Program & operate rotary transfer machining center. We machine pipe nipples (NPT) in high volumes
• Responsible for developing the sequence of operations and machining processes to efficiently use production resources and equipment to create products.
• Switch inserts and adjust offsets as needed
• Define, calculate and set machine parameters to regulate factors such as cutting speed, feed, depth and angle of cut, tool path, or additional machine commands.
• Complex Machine Changeovers (alignment process) for different diameters and lengths on our rotary transfer machine.
• Turn-key Program & Machine pipe fittings ranging in diameters from 1/2"-2” and 2"-20” in length. We manufacture hundreds of thousands of pipe fittings annually. Materials include stainless steel, carbon steel, galvanized steel
• Fill coolant & oil in machine when required
• Go through training with the machine
• Gauge parts according to NPT Standards at the end of the line to ensure conformance to standard
• Optimize programs to enhance tool life and increase cycle times
• Operate and manage our other semi-automatic pipe threading machine