Combination Welder - Austin Industrial (Bay City, TX)

About the role

Austin Industrial provides premier self-perform maintenance, construction, and soft craft service to leading industrial companies across the U.S. This Combination Welder joins metal parts—such as pipe or metal plates—using layout, blueprints, work orders, welding procedures, or oral instructions through the application of heat or electric arc-welding equipment.

Responsibilities

• Use spot welding gun or hand, electric, or gas welding equipment to weld or tack weld pieces together.
• Unite pipes from torch to tanks of oxygen and fuel gas and turn valves to release mixture.
• Adjust flow of gas and air to reach expected temperature, size, and color of flame by burning torch.
• Preheat work pieces for welding or curving using torch.
• Fill holes or correct mistakes in lead pieces and make bulges thin and curves in metal work pieces.
• Check weakness of work pieces and measure with straightedge or template to ensure specifications are met.
• Climb ladders or work on scaffolds to take apart textures.
• Signal crane operator to lift large work pieces.
• Use thermal-cutting equipment (flame-cutting torch or plasma-arc equipment) to dismount metal assemblies or cut scrap metal.
• Use hoist, crane, wire and banding machine, or hand tools to place and protect work pieces.
• Choose place of weld based on type, thickness, area, and expected temperature of metal to protect the torch.
• Instruct and bring flame or electrodes on or across work piece to straighten, curve, dissolve, or develop metal.
• Join pieces together, cover up taut points, and add metal to develop parts.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Legally authorized to work for ANY employer in the United States (Austin Industrial is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position).

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities.

• Regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms.
• Frequently required to stand; walk; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear; and taste or smell.
• Must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and may frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Qualifications

• Education: No minimum education requirements.
• Experience: 4 years of Journeyman-level experience.
• Certifications/Licenses: A Weld Test, a Valid Driver’s License, and a TWIC Card.