CAW Welder Overseas Opportunity

Responsibilities

• Comply with applicable provisions of AWS D1.1 “Structural Welding Code -- Steel,” and AWS D1.3 “Structural Welding Code -- Sheet Steel.”
• Certified Structural & FEBR Welder Cut, Fabricate & Install FEBR & Structural Steel (Read and Understand Blue Prints)
• Cut, weld and install steel tubes and sheets
• Keep work area and material staging areas clean and orderly
• Adhere to safety requirements and Think Safety First
• Generate as built drawings for changed field conditions
• Finish joints in accordance with National Ornamental & Miscellaneous Metals Association (NOMMA) Guideline 1
• Assist with other assigned duties as required within skill set, even if outside of trade

Requirements

• Qualified with the American Welding Society, AWS D1.1 and AWS D1.8 (Copies of qualified records are required)
• Structural/Pipe Welder with Structural & Pipe Welding Certification (Dated With in last 2 Years)
• 2+ years’ construction industry experience on overseas projects
• Ability to read and understand blueprints
• Ability to read and interpret job specifications
• Basic understanding of construction principles and procedures
• High school diploma or equivalent
• Thorough knowledge of the safe and effective use of hand tools and power tools to perform assigned duties
• Flexibility in working overseas
• Understanding and adherence to local laws and customs in host country
• Following all Government site security requirements to maintain eligibility to work on project site
• Ability to take direction and work well with others, including third country nationalist (TCNs) along with meeting attendance requirements necessary to keep job on schedule and adherence to safety protocols

Qualifications

• Physical Demands: Regularly use hands to grasp and reach up with arms overhead, including manual dexterity to perform assigned duties. Ability to regularly and for extended periods of time stoop, squat, stand, walk, twist, balance, climb (ladder and stairs of high-rise building), kneel, crouch, speak, carry, and hear. Minimal demand for sitting, other than during periods of extended travel.
• Mental Demands: High degree of concentration in a busy environment. Substantial demand for analyzing, perceiving, comprehending, rapid decision making and exercising sound judgment to ensure individual and coworker safety in a potentially dangerous environment. Ability to follow directions and meet deadlines is critical.
• Environmental Demands: Working on a busy construction site overseas, generally away from the employee’s family, and in countries whose laws and social norms may be much more restrictive than in the United States, with the potential for occasional periods of social unrest, military action, interruption of normal services such as electricity and water, natural disasters, and the like.