Fabrication Specialist: civilian jobs and transferable skills
Marine Corps 1321 Fabrication Specialist experience builds transferable skills in machining, manufacturing, fabrication, welding, inspection, technical drawings, and quality control. CivLaunch currently matches 32 open civilian jobs to this MOS, including Welder at Essex Industries, CNC Mill Machinist (1st Shift) at Primus Aerospace, and Machine Operator at Piper Aircraft.
About the 1321 MOS
Makes repair parts through machining and additive manufacturing to close logistics gaps. Selects stock, designs parts with CAD software, runs shop equipment, checks accuracy with micrometers, gauges, and dye-penetrant and magnetic particle inspection, welds metals, and maintains shop equipment.
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Welder
Essex Industries · St. Louis, MO
Strong Match
Aerospace Manufacturing
Entry level
Production welder at Essex Industries in St. Louis, which builds aircraft components and oxygen and breathing equipment. TIG and MIG welds and finishes many metals and alloys for parts that must meet strength and pressure specs, works from blueprints and sketches, inspects finished welds, and completes paperwork. Needs one to three years of technical training and a year of welding.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to manufacturing, fabrication, and welding.
CNC mill machinist at Primus Aerospace in Lakewood, Colorado, on a four-day first shift, hired as Machinist I, II, or setup machinist by experience. Runs mills from work orders, reads GD&T prints, sets up vises and work coordinates, checks dimensions with calipers and micrometers, meets cycle times, and completes job paperwork. $22 to $42 an hour.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to machining, manufacturing, and technical drawings.
Machine operator on Piper Aircraft's Vero Beach, Florida production floor, hired at three levels. Forms and machines aircraft parts on brake presses, shears, punch presses, laser turrets, tube benders, lathes, and mills from Piper drawings and process specs, performs first-article and self inspections, and handles routine machine upkeep under FAA quality rules.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to machining, manufacturing, and fabrication.
Precision grinder at Beaver Aerospace & Defense in Livonia, Michigan. Sets up grinding machines from blueprints, picks and mounts wheels, grinds inside and outside diameters and faces to tolerances as tight as fifty millionths of an inch, checks parts with micrometers and gauges, adjusts or stops machines when problems appear, and does routine upkeep. Pays $27.16 an hour.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to machining, manufacturing, and technical drawings.
Production welder building aerospace parts and assemblies from aluminum, titanium, and other alloys with manual and robotic welding processes. Inspects welds, keeps traceability records, and helps train new welders to aerospace quality standards.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to manufacturing, fabrication, and welding.
CNC machinist at NMG Aerospace in Stow, Ohio. Sets up tooling and fixtures on CNC lathes and mills, proves out first parts to the blueprint, runs production, inspects parts in process, and records SPC data and ERP transactions. Needs four to seven years of CNC machining in a regulated industry and a high school diploma; apprenticeship or journeyman card preferred.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to machining, manufacturing, and technical drawings.
Third-shift machinist at GKN Aerospace in Wellington, Kansas, trained on the job toward certification. Machines metal and composite aircraft parts to work instructions and blueprints, checks them with precision gages, reports safety and quality problems, and contributes lean improvement ideas. Needs a high school diploma or three years of manufacturing, a year of machining, and U.S. person status.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to machining, manufacturing, and technical drawings.
Second-shift sheet metal forming fabricator at Sonaca North America (formerly LMI Aerospace) in St. Charles, Missouri, working four ten-hour nights. Sets up and runs shears, saws, and forming equipment from planning and engineering data, checks first parts with gauges, mylars, and calipers, inspects every part, does minor machine upkeep, and records counts and nonconformances. High school diploma preferred.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to manufacturing, fabrication, and technical drawings.
TIG welder at NMG Aerospace in Stow, Ohio. Welds stainless, aluminum, and titanium pressure tanks and structural parts to print, torch-brazes joints, installs hardware, and checks welds and dimensions with gauges. Also runs shears, press brakes, and plasma cutters. Needs three to five years of TIG welding, blueprint reading, and passing company-supplied MIL-STD-1595 or AWS D17.1 testing.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to fabrication, welding, and technical drawings.
Quality control inspector at Electroimpact, a Mukilteo, Washington builder of aircraft assembly automation, on day or night shift. Measures machined parts with calipers, micrometers, height gages, and indicators against drawings, records results, and coordinates outside calibration vendors, schedules, and certificates. High school diploma required; manufacturing or inspection experience preferred, with training provided. Pay $27 to $32 an hour.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to machining, technical drawings, and inspection.
Production machinist at Sonaca North America in Fredonia, Kansas. Loads and cycles CNC machining centers and manual machines, watches for worn or broken cutting tools, checks parts against blueprint dimensions with calipers and micrometers, deburrs finished parts, keeps fluids topped and chips cleared, and fills out production paperwork. Entry path: high school diploma or assessment; machining trade school preferred.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to machining, technical drawings, and inspection.
Wire harness assembler at Innovative Aerosystems' avionics plant in Exton, Pennsylvania. Builds harnesses and cable assemblies from drawings, schematics, and bills of material, stripping, crimping, routing, terminating, and lacing wire to IPC/WHMA-A-620, runs automated assembly equipment, inspects finished work, and records production data. High school diploma required; harness or electronics assembly experience and IPC certification preferred.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to manufacturing, technical drawings, and inspection.
Contract CNC machinist at AeroTEC's flight test center in Moses Lake, Washington. Programs in G-code, sets up, and runs CNC mills to make tooling, test models, and parts for flight test programs, assembles aircraft parts, and welds shop fixtures. Needs a high school diploma, five years operating 3-, 4-, and 5-axis mills, and three years of CNC programming.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to machining, fabrication, and welding.
Tool calibration technician calibrating mechanical and precision measuring tools to specifications and engineering drawings, setting up precision measurement equipment, and accepting or rejecting items for dimensional conformity.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to technical drawings, inspection, and quality control.
Entry-level composites production operator at Royal Engineered Composites, an employee-owned maker of aircraft and space composite parts in Minden, Nebraska. New hires are trained in-house and placed in an open area of the cleanroom shop that fits their interests, building parts to tight customer specifications. No experience required. Starts at $18.50 an hour; second shift earns a 10% differential.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to manufacturing, fabrication, and quality control.
Entry-level electro-mechanical assembly technician at Primus Aerospace in Lakewood, Colorado, a machining and assembly supplier to defense and space primes. Assembles and solders components from drawings and bills of material, deburrs, grinds, polishes, and tumbles machined parts, inspects finished work, and records production data. Needs hand soldering skills and IPC J-STD-001 or willingness to certify. $24 to $28 an hour.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to manufacturing, technical drawings, and inspection.
CNC lathe team lead at Primus Aerospace in Lakewood, Colorado, on a four-day first shift. Runs daily lathe production to schedule, cost, and quality, sets up lathes and proves and troubleshoots programs, gives operators setups and tooling, tracks cycle times and scrap, coaches and evaluates machinists, and drives lean and 5S improvements. Five years of machining, including lathe setup.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to machining, manufacturing, and technical drawings.
Second-shift aerospace painter at Primus Aerospace in Reisterstown, Maryland, working Monday-Thursday evenings. Cleans, sands, and masks machined parts, mixes and sprays primers, coatings, and topcoats to specification, inspects coverage and finish, and maintains spray equipment, wearing respirators and other PPE. Entry level; industrial, automotive, or aerospace painting experience preferred. U.S. citizenship required.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to manufacturing, inspection, and quality control.
Sheet metal assembler at Sonaca North America in Cottonwood Falls, Kansas. Reads blueprints, work orders, and engineering orders to plan the build, loads aluminum parts into fixtures, drills, reams, countersinks, and rivets, installs nutplates and studs, bonds parts, smooths and deburrs surfaces, and reworks rejected parts. Aircraft or sheet metal experience preferred; high school diploma or assessment.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to manufacturing, technical drawings, and inspection.
Powder coater at Innovative Aerosystems in Exton, Pennsylvania, finishing precision parts for avionics. Cleans, sands, and masks parts, sprays powder coatings with electrostatic guns, runs the curing ovens, inspects finishes for even coverage, and maintains booths and spray equipment under PPE rules. High school diploma; two years of powder coating or automotive or industrial finishing preferred.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to manufacturing, inspection, and quality control.
Third-shift quality inspector at NMG Aerospace in Stow, Ohio, working 11 pm to 7 am Sunday through Thursday. Inspects machined aerospace parts in process and at final against prints, GD&T, and military and industry specs, runs the CMM and contour tracer, completes first article inspections and FAA 8130 paperwork, and handles discrepant material reports. Three years of machining inspection.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to technical drawings, inspection, and quality control.
Second-shift production supervisor for the grinding department at Beaver Aerospace & Defense in Livonia, Michigan. Leads machinists doing precision ID/OD, centerless, and thread grinding, schedules the work, reads drawings and sets methods and tooling, fixes grinder problems, checks parts with gauges and CMM, and coaches staff. Needs five years each of grinding and supervision. Pays $85,000 a year.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to machining, technical drawings, and inspection.
Sheet metal fabricator and assembler laying out, fabricating, riveting, drilling, and assembling semi-complex missile parts and fixtures using brakes, rolls, routers, and hand tools.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to manufacturing, fabrication, and technical drawings.
Entry-level oxygen systems technician at Airborne Systems in New Jersey, maker of parachutes and aircrew oxygen equipment. Cleans and inspects parts in a clean room, measures them with calipers and optical tools against blueprints, assembles and pressure-tests hoses and subassemblies, and packages parts. High school diploma; up to three years of inspection or assembly experience. $20 to $28 an hour.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to technical drawings, inspection, and quality control.
QC inspector at Airborne Systems' California parachute plant. Inspects sewn materials and assemblies during production with calipers and force gauges, reads drawings and revision levels, records inspection and traceability data, flags quality problems, inspects customer repairs, and trains new inspectors. Needs a high school diploma, a year or two of inspection, and U.S. person status.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to technical drawings, inspection, and quality control.
Contract quality inspector at AeroTEC's manufacturing center in Moses Lake, Washington, supporting aircraft test programs. Runs and writes CMM programs, measures parts with hand gauges, performs first-piece and in-process checks, and completes first article packages. Needs five years of CMM inspection in aerospace or defense and U.S. person status; A&P and Part 145 experience a plus.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to technical drawings, inspection, and quality control.
Upholstery technician in the C&L Aviation interior shop in Bangor, Maine. Works from drawings and aircraft specs to strip, clean, repair, and re-cover panels and seats in fabric, vinyl, and leather, cuts patterns and carpets, sews covers, installs headliners and sidewalls, and signs off work orders. Needs two years of industrial upholstery. Pays $22 to $35 an hour.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to fabrication, technical drawings, and quality control.
CNC machinist at the Héroux-Devtek plant in Springfield, Ohio, which machines large landing gear and titanium parts for aircraft such as the F-35, C-130, and Boeing 777. Sets up and runs CNC lathes, mills, and boring mills on Fanuc, Mazak, and Okuma controls, sets offsets, proves new programs, troubleshoots, and handles preventive maintenance and safety checks.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to machining, manufacturing, and quality control.
CMM operator and quality inspector at Primus Aerospace in Lakewood, Colorado. Sets up and runs PC-DMIS coordinate measuring machines on machined aerospace parts, performs first article, in-process, and final inspections against drawings and GD&T, writes inspection reports, flags nonconforming parts, and keeps the CMM verified and maintained. Day shift with overtime. Pays $28 to $42 an hour.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to technical drawings, inspection, and quality control.
Quality inspector at Sonaca North America in Fredonia, Kansas. Sets up and runs the CMM from setup sheets, makes small program adjustments, moves data through CAD/CAM and SPC systems, works a parts schedule that shifts for rush jobs, maintains the machine daily, and documents compliance with the quality system. High school diploma or assessment; drawing reading needed.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to technical drawings, inspection, and quality control.
Senior quality inspector at NMG Aerospace in Tempe, Arizona. Performs final and in-process inspection of machined aerospace parts against prints, GD&T, and military and industry specs, runs the CMM and contour tracer, completes first article inspections and FAA 8130 paperwork, handles discrepant material reports, and oversees source inspectors. Needs three years of machining inspection; ASQ certification preferred.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to technical drawings, inspection, and quality control.
First-shift quality inspector at Primus Aerospace in Lakewood, Colorado, which machines tight-tolerance parts for defense and aerospace primes. Performs first-piece, lot, and final inspections with calipers, micrometers, and gauges, writes inspection plans, completes AS9102 first article reports and shipping certifications, audits floor inspections, and leads root cause work. Three to five years of bench inspection.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to technical drawings, inspection, and quality control.