We are accepting resumes to fill an immediate need for Welders/Fitters for structural steel and miscellaneous metals (carbon steel, stainless steel, and aluminum welding).
MUST BE CERTIFIED IN FCAW DUAL SHIELD. Stainless and Aluminum Certs a plus
The job is a full-time hourly position with paid Vacation, Holidays and medical/dental/vision benefits. Wages are negotiable but based upon your experience and skill set.
Welder/fitter Major Job Functions and Responsibilities:
- Position, align, fit, and weld parts to form complete units or subunits, following blueprints and layout specifications, and using jigs, welding torches, and hand tools.
- Monitor the fitting, burning, and welding processes to avoid overheating of parts or warping, shrinking, distortion, or expansion of the material.
- 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.
- Lay-out, position, align, and secure parts and assemblies before assembly, using straightedges, combination squares, calipers, and rulers.
- Tack-weld fitted parts together.
- Weld components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions.
- Lay-out and examine metal stock or work-pieces to be processed to ensure that specifications are met.
- Align and fit parts according to specifications, using jacks, turnbuckles, wedges, drift pins, pry bars, and hammers.
- Examine work-pieces for defects and measure work-pieces with straightedges or templates to ensure conformance with shop drawings and specifications.
- Verify conformance of work-pieces to shop drawings and specifications, using squares, rulers, and measuring tapes.
- Locate and mark workpiece bending and cutting lines, allowing for stock thickness, machine and welding shrinkage, and other component specifications.
- Position or tighten braces, jacks, clamps, ropes, or bolt straps, or bolt parts in position for welding or riveting.
- Clamp, hold, tack-weld, heat-bend, grind or bolt parts to obtain required configurations and positions for welding.
- Study engineering drawings and blueprints to determine materials requirements and task sequences.
- Move parts into position, manually or with hoists or cranes.
- Set up and operate fabricating machines, such as brakes, rolls, shears, flame cutters, grinders, and drill presses, to bend, cut, form, punch, drill, or otherwise form and assemble metal components.
- Operate safety equipment and use safe work habits.
- Detect faulty operation of equipment or defective materials and notify production manager.
Position Qualification Minimums:
- Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in the production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
- Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
- Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
- Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus and their applications.
- Read, write and communicate in English.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $23.00 - $29.00 per hour
