MIG Welder

About the role

Welds metal components using electric arc-welding equipment. This position may require overtime, including weekends. Regular attendance is required.

Responsibilities

• Reads blueprints, job specifications, or operator instructions for product specifications and quantity required.
• Obtains specified electrode and inserts electrode into portable holder or threads consumable electrode wire through portable welding gun.
• Connects cables from welding unit to obtain amperage, voltage, slope, and pulse.
• Starts power supply to produce electric current.
• Strikes (forms) arc to generate heat, melt, and deposit metal from electrode to workpiece, joining edges of workpiece.
• Manually guides electrode or gun along weld line, maintaining length of arc and speed of movement to form specified depth of fusion and bead.
• Welds in flat, horizontal, vertical, or overhead positions.
• Examines weld for bead size and other specifications.
• Applies filler rod manually to supply weld metal.
• Cleans or degreases weld joint or workpiece.
• Repairs broken or cracked parts and fills holes.
• Prepares broken parts for welding by grooving or scarfing surfaces.
• Chips off excess weld, slag, and spatter.
• Preheats workpiece with hand torch or heating furnace.
• Positions and clamps workpieces together or assembles them in jig or fixture.
• Tacks assemblies together.
• Completes statistical process control (SPC) charts using instruments such as micrometers, calipers, tape measures, and gauges.
• Complies with all safety procedures and utilizes job safety devices.
• Accurately completes shop floor paperwork, including production release, routing sheets, product identification, and electronic time sheet.
• Communicates with material handlers and supervisors to ensure availability of proper materials.
• Participates in continuous improvement activities and team environments.
• May be required to work off shifts as needed.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Minimum five years of welding experience or equivalent combination of metallurgical education and welding experience.

Skills

• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from managers, clients, customers, and the public.
• Proficiency with mathematical concepts such as probability, statistical inference, geometry, and trigonometry.
• Ability to apply fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
• Ability to solve practical problems with limited standardization.
• Ability to interpret instructions in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Knowledge of design software.

Physical Demands

• Regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear.
• Occasionally required to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Frequently lifts and/or moves up to 25 pounds; occasionally lifts and/or moves up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

• Occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, extreme heat, and vibration.
• Noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

Benefits

• Health, Dental, Vision, Life, and Disability insurance.
• Vacation time with automatic rollovers.
• Minimum 7 paid holidays.
• Weekly attendance bonus of $25 for working at least 35 hours onsite.
• 401(k) with immediate company match vesting.
• Tuition reimbursement up to $4,500 per year.
• Shoe reimbursement up to $50 on qualifying footwear with no waiting period.