Welder

About the role

Lay out, fit, and weld fabricated, cast, and forged components. Repair heavy equipment attachments such as buckets, dozer blades, moldboards, haul truck beds, etc. This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Weld components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions
• Operate safety equipment and use safe work habits
• Lay out, position, align, and secure parts and assemblies prior to assembly, using straightedges, combination squares, calipers, and rulers
• Examine work pieces for defects and measure work pieces with straightedges or templates to ensure conformance with specifications
• 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
• Weld separately or in combination, using aluminum, cast iron, and other alloys
• Cap, hold, tack-weld, heat-bend, grind, or bolt component parts to obtain required configurations and positions for welding
• Select and install torches, torch tips, filler rods, and flux, according to welding chart specifications or types and thicknesses of metals
• Ignite torches or start power supplies and strike arcs by touching electrodes to metals being welded, completing electrical circuits
• Connect and turn regulator valves to activate and adjust gas flow and pressure so that desired flames are obtained

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent educational attainment preferred
• One to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Welding certifications are a plus
• Completion of apprenticeship program and certification at one or more levels may be required

Skills

• Rate information using standards that can be measured or checked
• Work within precise limits or standards of accuracy
• Look at flat drawings, pictures, and blueprints and visualize how they would look as solid objects with height, width, and depth
• Keep the hand and arm steady while making an arm movement or while holding the arm and hand in one position
• Quickly make coordinated movements of one hand, a hand together with its arm, or two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects
• Use abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without fatiguing
• Exert muscle force repeatedly or continuously over time (muscular endurance and resistance to muscle fatigue)

Work environment

• Work in dusty or dirty surroundings
• May be exposed to or required to handle hazardous materials such as diesel fuel and similar petroleum products; PPE provided to minimize exposure

Additional requirements

Candidates who accept an offer of employment are required to undergo and successfully complete a pre-employment physical examination. This exam is essential to ensure that all potential employees meet the necessary health and fitness standards for the role. The examination includes a series of tests and evaluations conducted by a certified medical professional to assess overall physical health, identify any potential medical conditions that could interfere with job performance, and verify that the candidate is capable of safely performing the essential duties of the position. Completion and clearance of this physical are mandatory steps in the hiring process.