Welder

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Analyze engineering draws, blueprints, specifications, sketches, work orders, and material safety data sheets to plan layout, assembly, and welding operations.
• Develop templates & models for welding projects, using mathematical calculations based on blueprint information.
• Position, align, secure parts & assemblies prior to assembly by using straight edges, combination squares, calipers, and rulers.
• Prepare materials surfaces to be welded, ensuring there is no loose or thick scale, slag, rust, moisture, grease, or other foreign matter.
• Ignite torches or start power supplies and strike arcs by touching electrodes to metals being welded, completing electrical circuits.
• Operate manual or semi-automatic welding equipment to fuse metal segments, using processes such as gas tungsten arc, gas metal arc, flux-cored arc, plasma arc, shielded metal arc, resistance welding & submerged arc welding.
• Weld components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions.
• Join parts such as beams & steel reinforcing rods in buildings, bolting and riveting as necessary.
• Chip or grind off excess weld, slag, or spatter using hand scrapers or power chippers, portable grinders, or arc-cutting equipment.
• Clean or degrease parts, using wire brushes and portable grinders or chemical baths.

Qualifications

• Work Experience: 2+ years welding/fitting experience
• Education: Highschool diploma/GED or equivalent
• Related Experience: Proficient with hand and power tools
• Ability to read a tape measure
• Attention to detail
• General mathematical skills
• General knowledge construction techniques and standards
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize tasks; keep up in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to communicate technical information to team members and/or customers
• Proficient understanding of engineering drawings and blueprints
• Strong analytical and creative problem-solving skills
• Welding experience with modular buildings and solar power conversion skids