Production Welder II - Night Shift

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Customer Focus
• Decision Quality
• Business Insight
• Drives Results
• Collaborates
• Communicates Effectively
• Courage
• Instills Trust
• Manages Ambiguity

About the role

DIS-TRAN Steel, located in Pineville, LA, is seeking experienced Production Welders to join our team on Nights.

Responsibilities

• Operates safety equipment and uses safe work habits
• Positions, aligns, and welds parts to form complete structures, following blueprints and layout specifications, using machinery, welding torches, and hand tools
• Examines steel or workpieces to be processed to ensure that specifications are met
• Moves parts safely into position; manually or with hoists or cranes
• Produces complete joint penetration welds that meet visual and ultrasonic inspection
• Recognize, set up, and operate hand and power tools common to the welding trade
• Examines work pieces for defects and measures with weld gauges to ensure conformance with specifications and standard operating procedures

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent preferred
• Ability to interpret blueprints and read a tape measure required
• Welding certification or prior welding experience with the successful passing of DIS-TRAN Steel’s Welder II test is required
• Capable of producing complete joint penetration welds that meet all visual and ultrasonic inspection per AWS D1.1 structural steel welding code
• Ability to produce high quality welds in all applications, with various material types; makes all welds neatly and consistently; ability to weld within weld procedure is required
• Ability to use standard set of weld gauges is required
• Ability to properly set, maintain, and troubleshoot welding equipment is required
• Certifications or prior experience using moving machinery, such as cranes, preferred

Skills

• Reads and understands welding symbols
• Prepares all joints as required by AWS D1.1 structural steel welding code
• Welds components in flat position
• Operates manual welding equipment to fuse metal parts using the gas metal arc process
• Cleans and repairs welds with grinders, arc gougers, other equipment, and methods common to she welding trade

Benefits

DIS-TRAN Steel is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information.

Pay

Details on pay will be provided during the interview process.

Schedule

The Production Welder will work Nights.