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Overview

The Sheet Metal Ductwork Fabrication Supervisor position involves overseeing the fabrication of custom ductwork and ventilation components, ensuring quality and safety standards are met. The role requires proficiency in MIG welding and experience with galvanized and carbon steel, along with the ability to read blueprints and welding symbols.

Responsibilities

  • Fabricate, fit, tack, weld, and finish steel assemblies for ventilation systems.
  • Use fabrication drawings and symbols to ensure accuracy.
  • Drive a strong safety and quality culture on the floor.
  • Maintain an organized, efficient workspace.
  • Bring your own tools after training is completed.

Requirements

  • MIG welding experience.
  • Must have galvanized and carbon steel experience.
  • Blueprint and welding symbol literacy.
  • Detail orientation and rigorous safety habits.
  • Willingness to buy personal tools once trained.
  • Ability to perform physical fabrication tasks.

Benefits

  • None listed.

Additional Information

  • 1st Shift - Full-time - Permanent
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How this job compares in Bridgman, MI

Pay in context

At roughly $29/hr, this posting sits about 21% above the $24/hr median for welding jobs across Michigan — toward the top of a $21–$28/hr middle band drawn from 88 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 78% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Bridgman, MI

Bridgman, MI is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Michigan as a whole we're tracking 141 other active welding openings from 100 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Michigan.

The most active employers in Michigan at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Workbox Staffing (5), Technique, Inc Jobs (5), and Aerotek (4). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Michigan, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Holland at $28/hr and Livonia at $23/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG, TIG, and Stick work. MIG (GMAW) feeds a continuous wire electrode through a shielding-gas nozzle. It lays down metal fast and is forgiving on clean material, which is why it dominates production and light fabrication work. TIG (GTAW) uses a non-consumable tungsten electrode with filler added by hand, giving the operator the most control of any process. It is slow, demanding, and the standard for stainless, aluminum, and anything where the bead has to look as good as it holds.

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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Sheet Metal Ductwork Fabrication Supervisor figures were last recalculated when this page was built.