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Weld Apprentice

CompanySpacesaver Corporation
LocationFort Atkinson
Work ModeOn Site
PostedMarch 23, 2026
Internship Information
Core Responsibilities
The role involves performing various welding preparations, MIG welding, robotic welding (loading and unloading), and metal finishing operations to manufacture products according to specifications. Essential duties include adhering to safety procedures, meeting production goals, performing quality inspections, and utilizing the ERP system for tracking work orders.
Internship Type
student
Company Size
293
Visa Sponsorship
No
Language
English
Working Hours
40 hours
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About The Company
Spacesaver Corporation is the innovator in storage – from high-density mobile storage, to secure storage for government and public safety, to new ideas that can streamline business and healthcare operations. We offer solutions to make every aspect of your enterprise run better. Spacesaver Corporation offers mastery over Time, Space, Security.
About the Role

WELDER I

Responsible for various types of welding preparation, MIG welding, Robotic Welding (Load and Unload), and metal finishing operations to manufacture product to customer drawings, specifications, or other forms of instruction. 


Essential Duties And Responsibilities (the what)

This list of duties and responsibilities is not all inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties and responsibilities, as deemed necessary. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

  • Follow all Spacesaver safety policies and procedures. Learn and perform start up and shut down procedures, ergonomic practices, E-stops, Lock Out Tagout procedures. Understand pinch points and adjust light curtain.
  • Perform Standard Work by following Work/Operator Instructions/Training
  • Report defective materials or questionable conditions to the department supervisor. 
  • Meet or exceed department’s production efficiency goals. 
  • Understand and practice 5S (Sort, Set in Order, Shine, Standardize, and Sustain). 
  • Perform required preventative maintenance on machines as required. 
  • Complete tasks as directed by manufacturing schedules with minimum supervision.
  • Complete quality inspections using precision measuring devices. 
  • Perform problem solving and containment. Perform in-process documentation and non-conforming material process. 
  • Complete all required record documentation.
  • Support and participate in assignments in other work areas, as work load demands change.
  • Participate in continuous improvement activities. 
  • Use Spacesaver’s ERP system to join and leave a work center as a team member or operator, start/stop shop orders, and report quantities of acceptable and scrap product. 
  • Adhere to scheduled work hours and be available to work overtime as needed.
  • always Behave in a safe manner. 


COMPETENCIES (the how)

  • Share and demonstrate our core values: No one succeeds alone. Be productive with purpose. Innovate-Wild ideas are highly encouraged, Understand the world through your customer’s eyes, Run it like you own it-because you do! 
  • Attention to Detail: Accomplishes tasks through a concern for all areas.
  • : Enlists active participation of others to solve problems.
  • Customer Focus: Builds effective relationships with customers, identifies customer expectations, tries to see issues from their point of view; offers practical solutions to problems. 
  • Personal Accountability: Accepts responsibility for own actions including failure. Embraces experience as learning opportunities and not chances to blame.
  • Process Management: Uses the necessary steps to successful execution/completion of tasks.
  • Technical Skills: Possesses the basic knowledge and abilities necessary to perform required job elements to established standards.
  • Time Management: Allocates time efficiently to the most important issues and knows what not to spend time on; completes work in a timely fashion.
  • Trust & Respect: Offers respect to all in the work environment, adheres to high personal standards of acceptance, reliability, openness, and consistency of action in words.


Qualifications

  • High School Diploma or equivalent preferred, and 3-5 years of experience or a technical degree and 1 year of experience. 
  • Achievement of a passing score on required assessments.
  • Complete all assigned developmental training plans, classes, and certifications. 
  • Solid PC familiarity, navigation, scanning, and data entry. 
  • Ability to read and comprehend instructions and memos in the English language. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information one-on-one to other team members. *Please note that translation assistant can be provided through a request to HR.
  • Able to read tape measures and efficiently operate all other required measuring devices such as calipers, measuring tables, protractors and other measuring equipment. 
  • Proven ability to work effectively independently and in a team environment.
  • Good time management skills, ability to multi-task, meet deadlines, and be attentive to detail. 


Physical Demands AND WORK ENVIRONMENT

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a team member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.


While performing the duties of this job, the team member is regularly required to stand a minimum of 8 hours on a cement production floor. The team member frequently is required to use arms to reach, rotate, flip, material and/or parts. Regularly uses hands to grasp, handle, and/or feel. The team member is regularly required to bend and twist and occasionally kneel. The team member must repetitively lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. 


Team members are also required to frequently talk and hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. Team members in this role are exposed to seasonal temperature/humidity changes. 


The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those a team member encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 


 

Key Skills
Welding PreparationMIG WeldingRobotic WeldingMetal FinishingSafety PoliciesStandard Work5SPreventative MaintenanceQuality InspectionsPrecision Measuring DevicesProblem SolvingERP System UsageAttention To DetailCustomer FocusTime ManagementTechnical Skills
Categories
ManufacturingTradesEngineering