🚀 Build Your Future with SMF!

Why Choose SMF?

At SMF, we don’t just offer jobs—we build careers. As part of Etnyre International, we have a 50-year legacy in high-quality metal fabrication, serving industries like construction, power generation, agriculture, and mining.

We take pride in being a Tier One supplier to Fortune 500 OEMs, which means high standards, excellent quality, and rewarding work. Our team of skilled professionals and state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities (spanning 200,000+ square feet) make SMF one of the top ½ percent of machine shops nationwide.

In 2020, SMF joined Etnyre International, fueling even more growth and opportunity—and we want YOU to be part of it!

💥 Now Hiring: 3rd Shift Layout Welder

💰 Pay Based on Experience & Pre-Employment Test Results:

• Layout Welder : $28.75 - $38.27

• 📍 Location: Minonk, IL

🚀 What You’ll Do

As a Layout Welder, you’ll take projects from blueprint to build, fabricating high-quality steel parts, fixtures, and assemblies with precision and skill.

• 🔩 Read and interpret blueprints, engineering drawings, and specifications

• ⚙️ Lay out work using Bluco tables or modular fixturing equipment

• 🔥 Perform advanced welding, rework, and repairs as needed

• 🧐 Inspect in-process and finished work to ensure top-quality results

• 🛠 Maintain welding tools and equipment to keep operations running smoothly

• 👥 Provide training and mentorship to new welders when needed

• ➕ Step in with production welding assignments as required

💎What We Offer – Total Rewards Package:

• 💥 Annual Bonus Program for ALL Members

• 📈 Annual General Wage Increases

• 🌙 $2.50/hr Shift Premium

• 🏖 Paid Time Off Package + 11 Paid Holidays + 3 Paid Holiday Break Days

• 🏥 Excellent Benefits including:

  • Low-cost HSA & PPO Medical Plans

  • Low & no-cost Dental and Vision coverage

  • Company-Paid Life, Short- & Long-Term Disability

  • Additional insurance: Accident, Hospital, Critical Illness

• 💰 401(k) with Employer Match + Annual Profit Sharing

👤 What We’re Looking For

• ✅ AWS certification + advanced welding experience

• ✅ 2+ years of layout welding or metal fabrication experience

• ✅ Technical course certification (a plus!)

• ✅ Strong ability to read and interpret blueprints

• ✅ Proficiency with metal fabrication tools & equipment

• ✅ Safe overhead crane operation

• ✅ Mechanical aptitude, solid math skills & sharp attention to detail

• ✅ Clear communication skills to train and support

🌟 Why Join SMF?

🔹 Work for a company that’s in the top ½ percent of machine shops nationwide

🔹 Be part of a fast-growing organization with state-of-the-art manufacturing
🔹 Take pride in contributing to high-quality, Fortune 500 OEM projects

If you're energetic, detail-oriented, and ready to grow, we want you on our team!

📢 Apply today and start your career with SMF!