Fabrication Welder

About the Role

The City of Tacoma is recruiting for an experienced Fabrication Welder to perform skilled welding tasks including maintenance, fabrication, construction, and repair welding.

Responsibilities

• Weld a variety of metals such as steel, stainless steel, aluminum, copper, brass, and cast iron using oxyacetylene, electric, or heli arc equipment.
• Design, layout, and fabricate metal parts, tools, fixtures, frames, guards, trailer hitches, and pieces of equipment; assist in special projects as assigned.
• Construct, alter, repair, and maintain metal surfaces including vehicles, heavy equipment, plant equipment, containers, doors, fences, posts, gates, and other applicable surfaces.
• Heat and straighten parts of truck frames, motorcycle frames, bent tools, and parts of machinery.
• Burn metals with flame and plasma.
• Maintain and repair various welding tools and equipment including grinders and saws.
• Operate equipment and machinery such as welders, torches, grinders, presses, lathes, mills, saws, punches, shears, sheet metal breaks, rolls, and various hand tools; operate City vehicles such as trucks and forklifts as required.

Requirements

• Graduation from high school or GED.
• An equivalent combination of:
  • Completion of a recognized welding apprenticeship program and 1+ year(s) experience as a journey-level fabrication welder, OR
  • 5+ years of full-time paid employment as a fabrication welder.
• Valid Washington State driver's license.
• First aid card with CPR, flagging, and forklift certification by the end of probation, and maintenance thereafter.
• American Welding Society (AWS) Certified Welder (CW).

Skills

• Ability to perform a variety of welding processes and procedures: OAW, OHW, OFC-A, OFC-P, TB, TS, INS, AAW, SMAW, GMAW, GTAW, FCAW, SW, AAC, PAC, EASP, FLSP.
• Ability to interpret in-depth blueprints for fabrication and assembly of parts.
• Demonstrable experience welding copper and aluminum electrical bus work, stainless steel, brass, bronze, cast iron, and carbon steel parts.
• Knowledge of blacksmithing, flame straightening, forming, and wrinkle bending.
• Knowledge of welding fabricating tolerances and requirements for electric production equipment and other critical infrastructure systems.
• Operating and maintaining tools common to the trade including plasma cutter, drill press, band saws, TIG & MIG welders, stick welder, grinders, overhead cranes, air tools, and hydraulic press equipment.
• Understanding of occupational hazards and safety precautions of the trade.
• Records keeping techniques.
• Ability to understand and follow oral and written directions.
• Ability to lift objects weighing up to 50 pounds.
• Effective oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with others.
• Interpersonal skills using tact, patience, and courtesy.
• Ability to maintain an organized and tidy shop work environment.
• Ability to work independently with little direction.

Pay

Annual Salary: $90,084.80 - $94,598.40

About the Employer

Tacoma Power is an almost 100% hydroelectric, municipally-owned public power utility serving approximately 180,000 customers. It is one of the three operating divisions of Tacoma Public Utilities, alongside Tacoma Water and Tacoma Rail.

The City of Tacoma is known for its livability and charm, offering a mix of urban and outdoor experiences. It is centrally located between Seattle and Olympia, with access to nature, higher education institutions, and cultural attractions such as the Washington State History Museum, Museum of Glass, Tacoma Art Museum, and America's Car Museum.