Pole (Welding) School Instructor

What You'll Do

• Provide welding support to production welders, supervisors, and other plant personnel
• Troubleshoot welding technique and routine equipment issues
• Maintain welder continuity, welding equipment calibration, and flux oven logs
• Evaluate, propose, and implement welding process improvements to increase welding efficiency and quality
• Perform welding training on the shop floor and in a classroom setting as required
• Absorb and assist in qualifying welding procedure specifications as required
• Oversee the daily pole school operations
• Maintain welder candidate training, testing, and qualification records
• Conduct hands-on welder candidate training for FCAW, SAW, SMAW, plasma/oxyfuel cutting, and air-carbon-arc gouging processes
• Perform classroom training on welding safety, welding and cutting processes, visual weld acceptance criteria, welding symbols, drawings, etc.
• Provide hands-on, pole layout and fit-up training
• Offer additional training (OJT) to production welders as required
• Absorb and assist in qualifying welding procedure specifications as required
• Participate in welding improvement projects/other duties as required

What You’ll Need

• AWS Certified Welding Inspector (CWI) and/or AWS Certified Welding Educator (CWE) desired
• 5+ years FCAW, SAW, and SMAW welding experience
• Proficient using various weld inspection tools such as amp/volt/wire feed/gas flow meters, fillet weld gages, undercut gages, etc.
• Welding related associate degree desired
• Ability to read and comprehend welding symbols, welding procedure specifications, work instructions, drawings, bill of materials, etc.
• Working knowledge of AWS D1.1 welding procedure specification
• Working knowledge of weld filler materials and base materials
• Must possess excellent written and oral communication skills