MC TN - Welder

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Operate safety equipment and use safe work habits.
• Lay out, position, align, and secure parts and assemblies before assembly/tacking and or welding using prescribed fixtures and proper work procedures.
• Operate manual or semi-automatic welding equipment to fuse metal segments, using processes such as, gas metal arc, flux-cored arc, shielded metal arc, and submerged arc welding, within the parameters outlined in work procedures.
• 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.
• Examine work pieces for defects and measure work pieces with straightedges or templates to ensure conformance with specifications.
• Monitor welding processes to avoid overheating of parts or warping, shrinking, distortion, or expansion of material.
• Detect faulty operation of equipment or defective materials and notify supervisors.
• Determine required equipment and welding methods via established work procedures and apply proper welding techniques.
• Mark or tag material with proper job number, piece marks, and other identifying marks as required.
• Position and secure work-pieces, using hoists, cranes.
• Chip or grind off excess weld, slag, or spatter, using hand scrapers or power chippers, portable grinders, or arc-cutting equipment.

Qualifications

• Basic welding aptitude, 2 year technical degree or related work experience preferred.
• General knowledge of operating power tools and hand tools.
• Read and execute fabrication instructions and simple engineering drawings.
• Read a tape measure, micrometer, level and other common measuring devices.
• Basic knowledge of welder operations such as: changing wire, tips, bottles, lines, leads, etc…
• General operating knowledge of bandsaw, ellis bandsaw, speed square.

Other Qualifications

• Certificates, Licenses, Registrations and other skills/abilities/qualifications not listed above.
• Valid Tennessee driver’s license; must be able to obtain a Powered Industrial Truck Certification.

Physical Demands

• Sits 0 hours
• Stands 7 hours
• Walks 3 hours
• Drives 0 hours
• Employee Lifts and/or Carries: type amount of weight in each area
• Maximum: 50 (lbs)
• Frequently: 25 (lbs)
• Occasionally: 50 (lbs)
• Employee Uses Hands For Repetitive Activities: Simple Grasping - Right, Constant Left, Constant Pushing/Pulling - Right, Frequent Left, Frequent Fine Manipulation - Right, Frequent Left, Frequent
• Employee Uses Feet For Repetitive Activities: Right - Occasional Left - Occasional
• Bending At Waist - Frequent Squatting - Occasional Climbing Ladders, Stairs - Occasional Kneeling On Ground - Occasional Reaching Above Shoulder - Occasional

Competencies

• Teamwork: Balances team and individual responsibilities; Exhibits objectivity and openness to others' views; Gives and welcomes feedback; Contributes to building a positive team spirit; Puts success of team above own interests; Supports everyone's efforts to succeed.
• Motivation: Measures self against standard of excellence.
• Quality: Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness; Applies feedback to improve performance; Monitors own work to ensure quality.
• Attendance/Punctuality: Is consistently at work and on time.
• Dependability: Takes responsibility for own actions.