Welder

About the role

Established in 1999, Onyett Fabricators is a dedicated shop providing fabrication and field services, welding, and other structural metalwork for the coal, aggregate, and construction industries.

Responsibilities

• Operates safety equipment and uses safe work habits while performing his job function.
• Welds components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions.
• Ignites torches or starts power supplies and strikes arcs by touching electrodes to metals being welded, completing electrical circuits.
• Detects faulty operation of equipment or defective materials and notifies supervisors.
• Clamps, holds, tack-weld, heat-bend, grind or bolts component parts to obtain required configurations and positions for welding.
• Operates manual or semi-automatic welding equipment to fuse metal segments, using processes such as gas tungsten arc, gas metal arc, and flux-cored arc, plasma arc, and shielded metal arc, resistance welding, and submerged arc welding.
• Maintains quality control by monitoring the fitting, burning, and welding processes to avoid overheating of parts, warping, shrinking, distortion, or expansion of materials.
• Examines work pieces for defects and measures work pieces with straightedges or templates to ensure conformance with specifications.
• Lays out, positions, aligns, and secures parts and assemblies prior to assembly, using straightedges, combination squares, calipers, and rulers.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Basic mechanical knowledge required. One year machinist experience and/or machine trades technical schooling preferred.
• Ability to read, write, and comprehend basic written and verbal instructions.
• Ability to understand, perform, and retain various job-related training, operational, and safety procedures.
• Ability to operate overhead cranes, fork lift trucks, and other equipment preferred.
• Must Pass pre-employment testing.

Location

This position is located in Petersburg, IN. View the Google Map in full screen.