Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Lays out, positions, and secures parts and assemblies according to specifications.
• Sets up and operates all common welding equipment including SMAW (Stick), GMAW (Mig), SAW (Submerged arc), semi-automated and Oxyfuel gas in a heavy industrial setting.
• Efficiently cuts and excavates cracks with Air Carbon-Arc as well as cutting with Oxyfuel, Plasma, and track burners.
• Sets up, centers, and secures pieces on rotary tilt positioners.
• Operates semi-automatic or automatic welding equipment for weld build-up, use of jigs, selecting or setting of currents or setting time cycles, and use of electrodes. Unites metal parts in flat, vertical, or overhead positions.
• Checks, adjusts and regulates current and time cycle for varying conditions of materials to obtain proper welds.
• Cuts workpieces, using fabrication equipment including powered saws, shears, brakes, and rolls.
• Removes rough spots from the workpiece, using a portable grinder, hand file, or scraper.
• Heats, forms, and dresses metal parts, using hand tools, torch, or arc welding equipment.
• Assists Mechanical Cell with Teardown and Inspection.
• Safely operates overhead cranes and forklifts to handle pieces up to 65 tons.
• Works effectively with minimal supervision. Must be reliable and display attention to detail.
• Performs routine maintenance on equipment.
• Completes required inspection documentation reports.
• Receives priorities, instructions, and assignments from the supervisor.
• Maintains good housekeeping practices.
• Observes all safety and general plant rules.
• Works overtime - evenings, weekends, holidays
• Performs other duties as assigned

Qualifications

High school diploma or equivalent

• Five years’ related repair and fabrication experience preferred.
• Must be reliable and dependable.
• Reads and understands the English language (alpha and numeric) sufficient to read and understand requisitions, drawings, and engineering specifications.
• Observes safety regulations and exhibit a high concern for safety.
• Possesses intermediate math skills (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, decimals and fractions, geometry) for measurement, testing, and problem resolution.
• Ability to read and understand shop drawings and welding details, set up and adjust welding equipment to fabricate assemblies within tolerances required.
• Must have knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, use, repair, and maintenance; knowledge of design techniques and principals involved in the production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
• Must be able to pass a welding test certifying that work meets the required specifications and standards. 2G, 3G, and 4G Welding Certification preferred
• CWI certification is a major plus.

Skills And Abilities

• Bends, stoops, crouches, twists, leans, reaches, picks up, and lifts raw materials of various weights and of various lengths.
• Lifts up to 50 pounds occasionally and 20 pounds frequently.
• Demonstrates manual dexterity sufficient to properly operate welding and related machines.
• Visual acuity to operate machines where the job is at or within arm’s reach.
• Utilizes oral communication to convey detailed or important instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Able to wear safety apparatus/clothing when required.
• Perceives the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels. Receives detailed information through oral communication.
• Position requires work both inside and outside the building in various weather conditions.
• This position requires repetitive or periodic movement based upon demand for an order.