Entry Level Shop Helper/Driver position:
NOTE: This is a structural and architectural steel welding and fabrication shop and is a dirty environment by nature. You will be exposed to the elements at times and the work is different every day if that appeals to you this is the job for you!
Essential Skills/Attributes:
- Must be reliable being on time and at work every day (reliable transportation is a must)
- When Overtime is necessary must be willing/able to work as early as 6am & work Saturday 6am until noon
- Provide own basic tools list provided at interview
- Polite friendly attitude Can do person
- Welding skills or familiarity a plus but not required this is a great foot in the door for someone looking for a career as a welder or fabricator in the future
Primary duties:
- Good communication skills and ability to follow directions ability to work safely of utmost importance
- Sweeping shop gathering tools loading trucks moving material organizing tools/materials all these are done safely
- Forklift experience a plus but not required
- Confident Careful Delivery Driver (over age of 24 to meet insurance requirements) drive a fullsize 1 ton company flatbed truck to vendors to pick up material deliver material and tools to the jobsites in Portland Salem Eugene areas and sometimes jobs at the coast or in Washington previous commercial driving experience a plus! (We require at least 5 years of driving experience to consider you for a driving position)
- CDL not required but bonus if you have one!
- Shop Helper works closely with Shop Foreman welders fabricators as assigned great foot in the door if you want to learn the welding trade.
Requirements (please do not apply for this position if you cannot meet these requirements):
- Clean driving record no suspended or hardship licenses for this position; driving record subject to insurance approval prior to hire
Must provide 3 year nonemployment driving record as part of the application process. Your application will not be complete and considered until we receive the 3 year nonemployment driving record from you via email.
You can get online through for $1.50 which will include: Oregon accidents diversion agreements and convictions not in the employment driving record. The record may include some commercial entries too.
- Use link above.
- Use Access My DMV Profile link
- Fill in your information on Profile Login Page
- Choose Request My Driving Record from menu on right hand side
- Click Next
- Choose the Electronic 3Year NonEmployment Driving Record $1.50
- Click Next then Submit
- You will pay and then you can download the document print it and bring to TPlus or email it to me at
Starting Rate of Pay: $17.0019.00/hr to start
Review after 90 days of employment to determine payscale moving forward based ondaily performance/merit attendance attitude and time management.
(Company paid benefits kick in after 90 days as well adding $5.00 per hour in company paid benefits to your package see below)
Benefits: Thesecompany paid benefits kick in on the 1st of the month after 60 days of employment they add rouchly $5.00/hour to your hourly rate of pay. As of 2025 the employee contribution for base insurance is approximately $110.00/month for base plans.
- Paid weekly direct deposit available & encouraged
- Medical Dental Vision AD&D and Life Insurance benefits begin on the 1st of the month after 60 days of employment
- Approx 83 of medical dental vision paid by the company for the Employee Only with option to upgrade your coverage add spouse and children by paying the difference for Employee only with the base insurance coverage the employee portion is approximately $110/month
- AD&D and Life insurance is 100 paid by the company you get a total of $30000 in life insurance
- Review at 90 days determines your correct pay scale for the skills you bring to TPlus
- After 90 days you earn:
- Up to 40 hours a year of company paid sick time
- 3 paid holidays Thanksgiving Day Christmas Day and New Years Day
- Nonpaid holidays that we take off depending on workload and timing (for example: the day after Thanksgiving July 4th Memorial Day Labor Day etc.
- Optional other insurances such as short term disability critical care etc. are available at the employees cost
- After 6 months you earn:
- 401k that has a safe harbor company match of 3 then a match for each up to 5
- Example: Joe puts 5 into his 401k each paycheck the company contributes 4
- Example: Jane puts 3 into her 401k each check the company puts in 3 too
- Enrollment is at the 1st of each quarter so you enroll after your qualification date (Jan 1 Apr 1 July 1 Oct 1
- After 12 months you earn: One week of paid vacation time
- After 3 years you earn: Two weeks of paid vacation instead of one week