Quick Snapshot

Pay: Competitive | Based on Skills & Experience
Schedule: Full-Time
Location: Harbor Springs, MI
Employment Type: Full-Time
Experience Level: Entry-Level to Experienced
Work Environment: Manufacturing | Fabrication | Welding | Shop
Industry: Industrial Equipment | Metal Fabrication | Manufacturing

Bring the Right Attitude. Learn the Trade. Build Your Future.

Ambient Recruiting is partnering with a progressive Northern Michigan manufacturer in Harbor Springs to hire a Shop Hand Helper.

While previous welding, metal fabrication, or shop experience is highly valued, our client is also willing to invest in the right person. We're looking for someone who is reliable, trustworthy, coachable, mechanically inclined, and genuinely interested in learning and growing with the company.

This is more than an opportunity to fill a shop position. The company offers an environment where the right person can learn from experienced team members, cross-train in different areas, develop valuable welding and fabrication skills, and take on greater responsibility as their abilities grow.

If you're good with your hands, take pride in your work, and want an opportunity where work ethic and attitude matter just as much as what's already on your résumé, we'd like to hear from you.

What You'll Be Doing

As a Shop Hand Helper, you'll support experienced team members throughout the fabrication and manufacturing process. Depending on your current skills and training, you'll:

• Assist welders and fabricators with day-to-day shop projects
• Help fabricate parts used in the assembly and manufacture of industrial equipment
• Measure, prepare, cut, grind, sand, and finish metal components
• Operate hand and power tools safely
• Use grinders, sanders, cut-off saws, and other common shop equipment
• Assist with fitting and assembling fabricated components
• Learn to read and interpret layout drawings, assembly drawings, and job specifications
• Prepare materials and components for welding and assembly
• Assist with MIG and TIG welding projects based on experience and ability
• Work with stainless steel and other fabrication materials
• Learn additional welding and metal fabrication techniques
• Help maintain tools, equipment, materials, and shop supplies
• Keep work areas clean, organized, and safe
• Work alongside experienced welders, fabricators, and other shop team members
• Cross-train in different areas of production and manufacturing
• Take on additional responsibilities as your skills and knowledge develop

What We're Looking For

For this position, who you are as an employee matters.

We're looking for someone who is:

• Reliable and shows up when expected
• Trustworthy and accountable
• Coachable and receptive to feedback
• Willing and eager to learn
• Comfortable working with their hands
• Mechanically inclined
• Safety-conscious
• Able to follow instructions and established procedures
• Detail-oriented and committed to quality
• Comfortable working in an active shop environment
• Able to work independently once trained
• Willing to jump in and help the team where needed
• Respectful and able to work well with different personalities
• Interested in developing new skills and taking on greater responsibility
• Looking for an opportunity to grow rather than simply another job

Preferred Qualifications

Previous experience is a definite plus, particularly in:

• MIG welding
• TIG welding
• Metal fabrication
• Stainless steel fabrication
• Manufacturing or production
• Grinding, sanding, cutting, and material preparation
• Hand and power tools
• Plasma cutting
• Reading technical or assembly drawings
• Mechanical assembly
• Construction, automotive, maintenance, or other hands-on skilled trades

Don't check every box? We still encourage you to apply. For the right person, a strong work ethic, mechanical aptitude, reliability, and willingness to learn can go a long way.

Benefits May Include

Benefits offered by our client include:

• Competitive starting wage based on knowledge and experience
• Health insurance
• Company-sponsored SIMPLE IRA
• Paid vacation
• Personal time off
• Full-time employment
• On-the-job learning and cross-training
• Opportunities to develop welding and fabrication skills
• Room for professional growth and increased responsibility
• Stable, team-oriented manufacturing environment

Why You'll Love This Opportunity

• You don't need to walk in knowing everything
• Learn directly from experienced welders and fabricators
• Develop valuable MIG, TIG, fabrication, and metalworking skills
• Work on real equipment and projects rather than performing one repetitive task all day
• Gain experience with stainless steel and industrial fabrication
• Learn to work from drawings and job specifications
• Cross-train in multiple areas of the shop
• Build skills that can lead to greater responsibility and career growth
• Work for a company that values reliability, attitude, and willingness to learn
• Be part of a smaller team where your contribution matters
• Opportunity to grow with a progressive Northern Michigan manufacturer

Real Talk

We're prioritizing welding and metal fabrication experience, but we're not necessarily looking for someone who already knows everything.

The right person might be an experienced fabricator—or someone earlier in their career who has mechanical ability, knows their way around tools, and is ready to learn.

What will matter every day is whether you show up, do what you say you're going to do, take direction, ask questions, learn from mistakes, treat your coworkers with respect, and take pride in your work.

This is an active shop environment. You'll get dirty, work with metal and power tools, assist wherever the team needs you, and gradually take on more advanced responsibilities as you demonstrate your abilities.

For someone who is dependable, humble enough to learn, and motivated to develop a skilled trade, there is real room to grow here.

Why Ambient Recruiting?

Ambient Recruiting, formerly PMP Personnel Services, has been connecting talented people with great employers throughout Northern Michigan for more than 30 years. While our name has evolved, our mission remains the same: helping people find careers where they can succeed.

When you apply with Ambient Recruiting, you're gaining access to opportunities with some of Northern Michigan's best employers. Our recruiters take the time to understand your skills, experience, schedule preferences, career goals, and workplace preferences so we can connect you with positions that truly fit.

With access to a wide network of employers across Northern Michigan, one application opens the door to far more than a single position. Whether you're searching for your next welding, fabrication, manufacturing, skilled-trades, or entry-level opportunity, our team is committed to helping you find the right fit.

One application. Multiple opportunities. A recruiting team invested in your success.

Apply Today

You don't need to have your entire career figured out. You do need to be reliable, willing to learn, ready to work, and interested in developing your skills.

If you already have welding or fabrication experience, we'd especially like to hear from you. If you're earlier in your career but have the mechanical aptitude, work ethic, and attitude to succeed, don't count yourself out.

Apply today with Ambient Recruiting and let our recruiting team connect you with this Shop Hand Helper opportunity in Harbor Springs.

Bring the work ethic. Bring the willingness to learn. There's room to grow from there.