Concrete/GFRC Fabricator

Summary

Are you looking to get your foot in the door and start a hands-on career in a growing company? COST of Wisconsin is looking for a reliable, hard-working individual to join our team as a Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete (GFRC) fabricator!

You'll work with castable materials to create forms, part, and molds, including spraying and pouring GFRC to create custom products, as well as performing hands-on fabrication to meet unique project specifications. You will use various processes to prepare, apply, inspect, and repair materials and products to ensure quality and structural integrity. See our work on COST.

What You'll Do:

• Select and prepare molds or forms based on project requirements.
• Spray GFRC mix - made of cement, sand, water, and chopped fiberglass - onto prepared molds or forms.
• Roll or press layers of chopped fiberglass or fiberglass mat onto molds using hands or tools, ensuring smooth application by removing wrinkles and air bubbles.
• Spray and apply GFRC to achieve required thickness and structural integrity before curing.
• Apply releases or waxes to molds, to facilitate assembly and removal of laminated parts.
• Review dies, templates, and cut-out patterns to ensure adherence to blueprints, pictures, samples, and project specifications
• Inspect, clean, and prepare molds and work areas before each phase.
• Cure materials, using suitable methods like room temperature curing, heat lamps, or other techniques. Trim cured materials with specialized tools such as diamond-impregnated cutoff wheels.
• Ensure the quality and integrity of work performed.
• Set up and operate a GFRC spray gun.

What You Bring

Knowledge, Education

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Basic understanding of concrete application processes; training will be provided
• OSHA-10 certification.

Experience

• Preferred: Six months or more of related experience
• Combined education and experience will be considered
• Preferred: Construction experience and knowledge; forklift and light equipment operations experience; welding, concrete, fiberglass, and artistic experience

Skills, Abilities

• Must demonstrate COST's Core Competencies
• Proficient in operating hand and power tools
• Able to read and interpret documents, e.g., maintenance instructions, layouts, blueprints, sketches, and schedules
• Effective communication ability, including verbal, listening, and written
• Solid teamwork abilities, and the ability to work independently
• Ability to work safely; OSHA safety experience/awareness
• Common sense, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills; strong attention to detail
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts including proportions, percentages, area, and circumference
• Able to operate equipment including hoists, rigging, forklift, and welding equipment.
• Understanding algebra and geometry with the ability to calculate figures and amounts including proportions, percentages, area, and circumference.

Physical

• Strength and stamina, including regularly using hands to handle, or feel; regularly walk, stand, climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
• Must have close, distance, color, and peripheral vision; depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus
• Must lift 70 lbs. from floor to waist, 90 lbs. from waist to chest, and 25 lbs. chest to above head. Must carry 50 lbs. for 50 ft., push a 100 lb. wheeled cart for 100 ft., and drag 50 lbs. for 100 ft.

Work Environment

• Work is primarily performed in shop and storage yard settings with typical smells, sounds, and moderate to loud noise
• Exposure to the outdoors, possible toxic or caustic chemicals, fumes, or airborne particles, and moving mechanical parts
• Overtime may be required, depending on the project deadline

If you're ready to work hard, develop your skills, and grow - apply today! We offer competitive pay, steady work, and great benefits in a supportive and friendly environment.