Welder (evening shift)

About the role

This position uses hand-welding or flame-cutting equipment to weld or join metal components or to fill holes, indentations, or seams of fabricated metal products.

Responsibilities

• Experience with and knowledge of proper clamping, holding, heat-bending, grinding, bolting, and tack welding of weld components to obtain required configuration and positions for welding.
• Operate manual GTAW (TIG) (Gas Tungsten Arc Welding) machines as well as their care, maintenance, and troubleshooting.
• Operate semi-automatic GTAW welding equipment.
• Operate using experience with or knowledge of safe GTAW welding practices.
• Weld sheet metal in the flat, horizontal, vertical, and overhead positions.
• Inspect work upon completion for any defects to comply with written specifications.
• Perform layout operations, develop fixtures, and select optimum welding processes.
• Recognize, set up, and operate hand and power tools.
• Understand weld schedules and weld symbols.
• Utilize standard shop hand tools and measuring equipment such as wrenches, pliers, straightedges, combination squares, scale rules, calipers, micrometers, etc.
• Monitor the fitting, heating, and welding procedures to avoid overheating or warping, shrinking, distortion, or expansion of weld components.