Journeyman Maintenance Welder

About the role

The Journeyman Maintenance Welder is responsible for making necessary repairs to manufacturing equipment, servicing various industrial machinery and equipment, and plant facilities. This position involves welding both ferrous, non-ferrous, and reactive alloys, including performing welding, brazing, and cutting operations.

Responsibilities

• Perform planned and corrective maintenance welding, repair, and fabrication to support maintenance and production operations.
• Work on various industrial machinery and equipment, including vessels, vacuum systems, and other plant facilities.
• Use a variety of welding processes including SMAW, TIG, GMAW, and CAC-A in all positions (vertical, flat, overhead).
• Leverage plasma, oxy/acetylene, oxy/natural gas, and carbon arc cutting equipment.
• Operate standard metalworking tools such as press brakes, metal shears, punch presses, forming rolls, overhead cranes, and below-the-hook lifting devices.
• Read and properly layout work and identified materials based on engineering prints, shop drawings, and handmade sketches.
• Evaluate weld cracks and apply effective repairs in the field.
• Operate forklifts, scissor lifts, and snorkel lifts.
• Work at elevated heights and in confined spaces, sometimes using respiratory protection.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Valid driver’s license.
• At least 2 years of vocational training and 6 years of verified Journeyman level welding experience.
• 8 years of direct on-the-job experience in an industrial or manufacturing welding environment at a Journeyman level.
• Highly skilled in SMAW, TIG, GMAW, and CAC-A welding.
• Familiarity with AWS D1.1 Structural Welding Code.
• Knowledge and hands-on practical test required for eligible candidates.
• Skilled in copper and stainless steel welding (preference).

Qualifications

• Detail-oriented with the ability to follow both written and verbal instructions.
• Organized to ensure accuracy.
• Intermediate math skills.
• Intermediate computer skills.

Skills

• Intermediate math skills.
• Intermediate computer skills.
• Intermediate metal fabrication techniques.
• Intermediate welding processes (SMAW, TIG, GMAW, CAC-A).
• Intermediate metalworking tools (press brakes, metal shears, punch presses, forming rolls, overhead cranes, below-the-hook lifting devices).
• Intermediate reading and layout skills based on engineering prints, shop drawings, and handmade sketches.
• Intermediate evaluation and repair skills for weld cracks.
• Intermediate operating skills for forklifts, scissor lifts, and snorkel lifts.
• Intermediate working at elevated heights and in confined spaces.

Benefits

Our company values safety as the top priority and expects employees to adhere to a strict zero-injury safety culture. We offer a competitive hourly rate of $47.30.

Pay

$47.30 per hour

Schedule

4x10 hour day shift with potential for overtime and special project work.