WELDER | 1ST SHIFT (Schedule: Four 10-Hour Shifts; M-Th)
Job Title: Welder
Department: Welding
Reports to: Area Manager
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
SUMMARY Lays out, fits, tack welds and welds cast, machined, forged, and fabricated steel components to assemble structural forms such as machinery frames, tanks, and parts according to blueprints and specifications.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Ability to read and interpret blueprints.
- Selects equipment, jigs and fixtures, plans layout and welding according to blueprints, process sheets and welding procedure specifications.
- Lays out, positions, aligns and fits components together.
- Bolts, clamps, tack welds parts to secure in position for welding according to blueprints, process sheets and welding procedure specifications.
- Follows Weiler weld standards; welds all jobs in any welding position according to blueprints, process sheets and welding procedure specifications using gas metal arc welding, both conventional and pulsed.
- Sets and operates a cutting torch safely and efficiently.
- Finishes grinding applications using manual and power tools.
- Repairs products by dismantling, straightening, reshaping and/or re-welding.
- Operates a carbon air arc-gauging tool safely and proficiently.
- Operates a handheld plasma arc-cutting torch safely and proficiently.
- Reads and understands measuring devices such as tape measure, weld fillet gauge, level, square, protractor and angle finder.
- Works in a safe manner at all times, following all safety guidelines.
SUPERVISORY REPONSIBILITIES This job has no supervisory responsibilities
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 will regular be exposed to moving mechanical parts and fumes or airborne particles. The employee is occasionally exposed to vibration. The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.
This job description reflects management’s assessment of essential functions; it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned.