Job description
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.
Job Summary:
The Welder is responsible for supporting the factory operation during sugar beet harvesting season; August through March/April and maintenance welding projects during inter-campaign. This is an 8-hour shift welding position. This position may require working overtime hours past shift occasionally as well as working weekends and holidays. Some heavy lifting, ability to work in heights, holes and various weather conditions may be required.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Perform welding repairs to support plant uptime as needed.
- Complete Work orders and weld projects in a timely fashion.
- May be asked to cover different positions or shifts if necessary or other duties at any time.
Position Qualifications:
- Must pass Michigan Sugar weld test.
- Required to become certified in SMAW on 5” pipe in 2g & 5g position every two years.
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Must demonstrate ability to verify dimensions, draw and fabricate from blueprints and schematics.
- Knowledge of welding processes such as SMAW and GMAW.
- Knowledge of welding safety and confined space procedures.
- Previous physical labor experience is required.
- Ability to follow instructions given and complete tasks working alone or together with other employees.
Key Competencies:
- Occasional lifting or carrying items 40-50 lbs.
- Working in confined spaces and close quarters periodically.
- Climbing stairs and ladders and working on catwalks around equipment.
- Operation of forklifts, tractors, skid-steers, gantry cranes, & rigging equipment.
- Bending, stooping, and twisting to reach areas for repair on piping, equipment or tanks.
- Exposure to various weather conditions.
- Exposure to both high and low temperatures.
- Operation of hand or power tools.
- Knowledge of proper personal protective equipment.
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 salary, opportunity for professional growth, and provides excellent medical insurance 100% company paid. A comprehensive benefits package includes: dental and life insurances, 401k match, paid holidays, vacation, sick leave and more. 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 sugarbeet processing facilities in Bay City, Caro, Croswell and Sebewaing, Michigan. Its nearly 900 grower-owners plant and harvest up to 160,000 acres of sugarbeets each year in 20 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 930 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 $65 million and its annual local economic impact is about $500 million.
Michigan Sugar Company is the third largest of nine sugarbeet processing companies in the United States and Michigan is one of 11 states where sugarbeets are grown in the country.
Michigan Sugar Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer
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