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Job Summary

The Welder completes assigned welding jobs as part of a team to produce complete customer fabrication orders correctly and on time. The position maintains a high level of productivity and safety awareness while following all company safety protocol. The Welder reports to the Operations Manager but may be supervised on a daily basis by a Production Manager or Supervisor.

Job Responsibilities

Set up and operate hand and power tools common to the welding trade, such as shielded metal arc and gas metal arc welding equipment, to weld components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions

Operate safety equipment and use safe work habits

Lay out, position, align, and secure parts and assemblies prior to assembly, using straightedges, combination squares, calipers, and rulers

Examine workpieces for defects and measure workpieces with straightedges or templates to ensure conformance with specifications

Weld separately or in combination, using aluminum, stainless steel, cast iron, and other alloys

Clamp, hold, tack-weld, heat-bend, grind or bolt component parts to obtain required configurations and positions for welding

Select and install torches, torch tips, filler rods, and flux, according to welding chart specifications or types and thicknesses of metals

Determine required equipment and welding methods, applying knowledge of metallurgy, geometry, and welding techniques

Monitor the fitting, burning, and welding processes to avoid overheating of parts or warping, shrinking, distortion, or expansion of material

Analyze engineering drawings, blueprints, specifications, sketches, work orders, and material safety data sheets to plan layout, assembly, and welding operations

Mark or tag material with proper job number, piece marks, and other identifying marks as required

Prepare all material surfaces to be welded, ensuring that there is no loose or thick scale, slag, rust, moisture, grease, or other foreign matter

Detect faulty operation of equipment or defective materials and notify supervisors

Clean or degrease parts, using wire brushes, portable grinders, or chemical baths

Repair products by dismantling, straightening, reshaping, and reassembling parts, using cutting torches, straightening presses, and hand tools

Fill holes and increase the size of metal parts

Fabricating the product to the P.V. specs or drawings using the correct material thickness width and length also weld procedures

Other related duties as assigned

Qualifications

1 years industrial fabrication welding experience; may be required to pass a weld test

Able to read and follow blueprints and job specifications

Basic computer skills

HS Diploma or GED

Vocational school or related on-the-job experience

Attention to detail - being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.

Dependability - being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.

Adaptability/flexibility

Able to work independently

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractors legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

Equal Opportunity Employer - minorities/females/veterans/individuals with disabilit es/sexual orientation/gender identity