Description

Join Our Movement

BCI Burke is a growing company that designs and manufactures equipment for playgrounds, recreation, outdoor fitness and classrooms! Using research-based design, that help everyone find the best of themselves through play and movement. Founded in 1920 in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, our passion, mission and business is to bring Play That Moves You ® to the communities we serve. With hundreds of dedicated employees, BCI Burke is a leader in the recreation industry and continues the more than 100-year dedication to being a partner to parks and recreation, schools, churches, Homeowner’s Associations, childcares, Landscape Architects, and anyone who is looking to bring play and outdoor recreation to their community. Joining Our Movement as a Metal Finsiher/Robotic Welder will give you the opportunity to be part of something bigger and grow your career with Burke!

What Moves You?

We’re not going to lie; this is an amazing opportunity. It requires hard work, a lot of creativity, enthusiasm and, of course, an abundance of Purple Passion (def. a love of play, bringing play to communities and specific love of Burke and those you work with)!

The Role – What You’ll Do!

This role helps us deliver high-quality play and playground equipment to communities around the world by:

Perform daily startup and shutdown procedures on the Robotic Welding Cell
Operates cell by setting up fixtures, performing adjustments, validating programs, and troubleshooting any downtime issues
Read blueprints, drawings and shop orders and fabricate directly from them
Verify all parts are made to print and are free of pinholes and splatter
Remove rough spots from work pieces using portable grinders, hand files, or scrapers
Perform quality inspections using proper measuring devices during operation and completes quality records to ISO standards
Perform minor maintenance and cleaning of welding equipment
Load and unload machine manually
Identifies opportunities and drives continuous improvement activities to increase efficiency of shop, department and work crew

Welding PPE

We use 3M™ Speedglas™ Heavy-Duty Welding Helmets in our welding department. We supply these as part of our PPE program and they are available to all welders. Here are a couple of links showing the 3M™ Speedglas™ Heavy-Duty Welding Helmets:

1. 3M Speedglas G5-01 Heavy Duty Welding Helmet Brochure

2. G5-01 Replacement Parts Poster

3. 3M Speedglas G5-01 Features and Benefits Video [Available in the US]

Qualifications That Move Us!

High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience
Specific experience with wire welding preferred (MIG welding)
Able to read production drawings and schematics
Basic to Intermediate Math Skills
Ability to follow direction and safe operating procedures

Teamwork

We have an awesome team at Burke and the right individual for this role will fit well within our culture of teamwork, straightforward and open communication. Oh, and you need to have a passion for people and play!

Benefits:

Health:

Comprehensive medical including optional dental and vision insurance and health savings or flexible spending accounts

401(k) with match

Employee assistance program

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Work-Life Balance:

Flexible schedule

Paid time off

Employee Appreciation:

Summer food truck parties every week

New fitness center

Gifts

Referral program

Burke is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Military veterans are encouraged to apply.