Advanced Welder – 3rd Shift - $30.25/hr + $1.50 Shift Premium

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Portage, MI, 49002, US
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Work flexibility: Onsite Req ID: R565192 Employee type: Full Time Job category: Manufacturing Travel: Relocation: No

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Schedule: Sun – Thurs, 9:45pm – 6:15am, OT Required

What You Will Do:

As an Advanced Welder at Stryker, you will support the production of precision components used in life-saving medical technologies. This role combines advanced manual welding, machining support, and troubleshooting to ensure high-quality output in a regulated manufacturing environment.

  • Perform manual MIG and TIG welding to manufacture parts to specification
  • Operate and support fabrication equipment, including robotic welding (Level 2) and CNC processes
  • Set up and run production while maintaining quality, safety, and efficiency standards
  • Read and interpret blueprints, drawings, and work instructions to produce and repair parts
  • Conduct inspections using calipers, angle gauges, micrometers, and other measuring tools
  • Troubleshoot equipment, process issues, and part defects to minimize downtime
  • Perform preventative maintenance, cleaning, and minor equipment repairs
  • Ensure compliance with Stryker Quality Systems (QSR/ISO), policies, and production goals
  • Maintain accurate documentation and record-keeping in line with company standards
  • Support and lead continuous improvement initiatives and problem-solving activities
  • Promote a positive team environment, accountability, and adherence to 6S standards

What You Need:

Required

  • Minimum of two (2) years of welding, machining, or fabrication experience in a manufacturing environment
  • Hands on experience with MIG and TIG welding
  • Ability to read and interpret blueprints and technical drawings

Preferred

  • Quality training, including visual inspection of welds, incoming part quality, gage plan completion
  • Ability to use height stand, calipers, micrometers, coordinate measuring system, and other inspection equipment to inspect work pieces

Physical Requirements

  • Ability to frequently lift 10-50 lbs, occasionally lifting up to 75 lbs
  • Ability to stand, bend, stoop, kneel, and perform repetitive movements
  • Strong manual dexterity and hand-eye coordination

Pay rate will not be below any applicable local minimum wage rates.


$30.25/hr + $1.50 shift premium, plus bonus potential and benefits.

Health benefits include: Medical and prescription drug insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, critical illness insurance, accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, personalized healthcare support, wellbeing program and tobacco cessation program. Financial benefits include: Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), 401(k) plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), basic life and AD&D insurance, and short-term disability insurance. Click here to learn more about: US Stryker employee benefits

Stryker offers innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology and Orthopaedics that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 150 million patients annually. Depending on customer requirements employees and new hires in sales and field roles that require access to customer accounts as a function of the job may be required to obtain various vaccinations as an essential function of their role.

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