1st Shift Production Welder: 5:00AM-3:00PM Monday-Thursday
Production Entry Level Welder 1 = $21.50-$24.50/hour
Experienced Welder Level 2: $24.50-$27/hour
Summary: Fits, tacks, welds, and cleans components and assemblies per customer and internal specifications by performing the following duties.
Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
1. Adjusts weld settings as appropriate for the specific application.*
2. Sets up work area for efficient processing and maximum throughput.*
3. Reads, understands, and implements all information and instructions included on job travelers and technical drawings.*
4. Verifies dimensional conformance of components being produced.*
5. Responsible for proper completion of all manufacturing and inspection documentation as required by company policies.*
6. Identifies visual and dimensional defects and ensures that potential problems are effectively communicated to your department lead or supervisor.*
7. Maintains minimum productivity requirements.*
8. Participates in developing new, efficient, and effective welding processes for new as well as existing product lines.
9. Contributes to any team with which you are working to ensure consistent product and cooperative communication.
10. Identifies and/or cooperates with potential opportunities for efficiency/productivity increases, and cost reduction strategies.
11. Responsible for absolute compliance with safety and PPE requirements.
12. Maintains a clean and organized work area.
13. Drives to assume the company’s commitments as your own and fulfills them with a sense of pride and urgency.
14. Performs other duties as requested by your supervisor.
Qualifications:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Language Ability:
Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
Math Ability:
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
Reasoning Ability:
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
Computer Skills:
To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of data entry and intranet.
Education/Experience:
High school diploma or general education degree (GED); and one to two years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Specialized Training:
Technical Welding Certificate or equivalent may be used in lieu of experience
Equipment:
· Forklift
· Overhead crane
· Plasma cutters/torches
· Various hand and power tools
· Caliper, tape measure and any other measuring device
Knowledge, Skills and Other Abilities:
· Written and oral communication skills
· Ability to work well with others in a team-oriented environment
· Desire to take ownership of your decisions and take responsibility for their outcome
· Ability to stay focused and productive without immediate supervision
· A visible drive to perform beyond the minimum job requirements and expectations
· Ability to repeatedly reproduce welded component quality as good as or better than minimal specifications
· Ability to weld parts in multiple positions
· Demonstrated general working knowledge of relevant welding equipment
· Ability to safely operate equipment for extended periods of time
· Willingness to travel when required
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
Work Environment:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to fumes or airborne particles and vibration. The employee is frequently exposed to work near moving mechanical parts. The employee is occasionally exposed to wet or humid conditions (non-weather); work in high, precarious places; toxic or caustic chemicals; outdoor weather conditions; risk of electrical shock; and risk of radiation.
The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.
Welding Levels
Level 1:
- Understand and properly employ all appropriate PPE
- Consistently produce components at or above quality standards
- Reliably maintain the minimum acceptable level of productivity
- Actively support and participate in all officially sanctioned endeavors
- Openly communicate and share information with all interdepartmental personnel
- Actively maintain a clean and orderly work environment
- Level 2:
- Level 2 includes all requirements in Level 1 and the following additions:
- Reliably exceed the minimum acceptable level of productivity
- Reliably stay productive and focused without immediate supervision
- Demonstrated proficiency with current inter-departmental processes, including, but not limited to:
- Welding miscellaneous alloys
- Advanced fabrication techniques; torch cutting/heating/straightening, bracing, etcetera
- Robot welder
- MIG, TIG
- Various electrodes/fillers; hard wire, metal core, flux core, etcetera
- Spot welder(s)
- Demonstrate an understanding that encompasses several of the processes required to produce any single component
- Ability to quickly and accurately fabricate first run/new/prototype jobs
- Demonstrated ability to intuitively adapt processing methods to unanticipated changes in incoming product quality in order ensure consistent results
- Reliably maintain a pleasant and professional demeanor
- Demonstrated reliability of attendance and follow-through
- Demonstrated openness to new ideas, and active participation in the success of new projects and initiatives
- Consistently put forth the extra efforts required to ensure company success
- Reliably demonstrate above-average communication skills with other departments as well as your own.
- Level 3:
- Level 3 includes all requirements in Level 2 and the following additions:
- Demonstrated ability to continually improve on both a productive and personal level
- Reliably set the bar for productivity standards/requirements within the dept.
- Demonstrated ability to develop and adapt sustainable processing guidelines for new projects
- Demonstrated desire to suggest, implement, and maintain efficiency and cost-saving improvement plans
- Consistently demonstrate a level of communication that improves departmental cohesiveness & positively impacts related departments
- Demonstrated knowledge of processing techniques beyond what is commonly used in-house, and the ability to successfully apply it to new & existing projects in a manner that elevates company capabilities
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $21.50 - $27.00 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Professional development assistance
- Referral program
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
