Welder III

About the role

Relocation assistance and a sign-on bonus are offered. Join our McPherson, KS manufacturing team as a Welder III, applying precise welding skills to maintain the world's energy infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Set up, troubleshoot, and operate welding machines to meet exacting job specifications
• Preheat and weld metal components per blueprints, welding symbols, and job specs
• Perform precision welds on structural and process pipe applications using hand welding equipment
• Use templates, jigs, and blueprints to repair, modify, or fabricate components
• Meet rigorous quality standards, including radiographic, ultrasound, and magnetic particle testing
• Operate hand tools for cutting, drilling, tapping, grinding, and shaping metal
• Run industry equipment such as air arc gougers, grinders, and stress-relieving machines
• Diagnose and correct substandard welds
• Manage metals to hold dimensional, tolerance, and strength requirements while preventing distortion or burn-through
• Work safely, protecting yourself, your team, and Cooper's tools and equipment

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED from an accredited institution
• 5+ years of welding experience in a manufacturing environment, with a strong focus on quality
• Comfortable lifting up to 45 lbs. regularly and working in environments with noise and dust
• Consistent use of required safety gear (glasses, safety shoes, earplugs)
• Physically able to perform the demands of welding work
• Willing to work overtime, nights, and weekends as needed
• Solid grasp of basic math
• Experienced operating a forklift, hand truck, and related equipment
• A strong communicator with self-motivation and the ability to work with minimal supervision

Qualifications

• Current welding certifications (e.g., AWS) covering structural or pipe welding
• Experience welding to ASME or API code requirements
• Background in reciprocating engine or compressor manufacturing
• Demonstrated leadership or mentoring experience on a shop floor

Skills

• Sharp technical skill
• An eye for quality
• Strong communication skills
• Self-motivation
• Minimal supervision

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Company-paid life, AD&D, short-term, and long-term disability coverage
• Voluntary life, AD&D, and long-term disability buy-up plans
• Voluntary accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity insurance plans
• 401(k) with up to 5% company match
• Maternity and parental leave
• Arc Fertility Benefits
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for mental health support

Pay

Details about pay are not specified in the job posting.

Schedule

Details about the schedule are not specified in the job posting.