Summary: To provide the highest quality product and assures all products meet the specifications and quality requirements by performing the following functions. Other duties may be assigned.
Responsibilities:
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Weld components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions.
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Operate safety equipment and use safe work habits.
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Lay out, position, align, and secure parts and assemblies prior to assembly, using straightedges, combination squares, calipers, and rulers.
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Examine workpieces for defects and measure workpieces with straightedges or templates to ensure conformance with specifications.
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Recognize, set up, and operate hand and power tools common to the welding trade, such as shielded metal arc and gas metal arc welding equipment.
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Clamp, hold, tack-weld, heat-bend, grind or bolt component parts to obtain required configurations and positions for welding.
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Select and install torches, torch tips, filler rods, and flux, according to welding chart specifications or types and thicknesses of metals.
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Determine required equipment and welding methods, applying knowledge of metallurgy, geometry, and welding techniques.
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Operate manual or semi-automatic welding equipment to fuse metal segments, using processes such as gas tungsten arc, gas metal arc, flux-cored arc, plasma arc, shielded metal arc, resistance welding, and submerged arc welding.
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Monitor the fitting, burning, and welding processes to avoid overheating of parts or warping, shrinking, distortion, or expansion of material.
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Mark or tag material with proper job number, piece marks, and other identifying marks.
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Analyze engineering drawings, blueprints, specifications, sketches, work orders, and material safety data sheets to plan layout, assembly, and welding operations.
Skills:
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Good verbal and written communication skills
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Reading skills
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Previous metal structure exp. helpful
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1 - 3 yrs. min. welding experience required
Education/Experience:
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High School Diploma or Equivalent, Technical School
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Welding Certificate (will need pass AWS-1G test)
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Prior experience preferred
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Forklift and Crane Operation Experience Preferred
1st shift, Monday-Friday 5:00am-3:30pm, overtime scheduled as needed.
2nd shift, Monday-Friday 3:30pm-2:00am, overtime scheduled as needed.
