Welder III

About the role

NABRICO Marine Products is a leading U.S. manufacturer of barges that transport dry and liquid cargoes on inland waterways. The company specializes in manufacturing tank barges for transporting petroleum and other refined products, chemicals, fertilizer, ethanol, and other liquid cargoes, as well as dry cargo barges including flat-deck and hopper barges for various products like grain, coal, and aggregates.

Responsibilities

• Apply appropriate welding processes to join, surface, fabricate, and repair parts of metal or other weldable materials according to layouts, work orders, blueprints, schematics, and sketches using manual, auto welding, and/or semi-automatic welding equipment.
• Follow Welding Procedure Specifications (WPS)
• Proficiently perform flat (1F), horizontal (2F), vertical (3F), and overhead (4F) fillet welds
• Proficiently perform flat (1G), horizontal (2G), vertical (3G), and overhead (4G) groove welds
• Inspect your own welds to make sure all Quality requirements are met
• Follow all safety rules and practices
• May be involved in safety committees or initiatives
• Perform other duties as assigned

Requirements

• Minimum of 2 years of FCAW weld experience
• Understand weld layout and processes
• Ability to read blueprints
• Satisfactorily pass vertical and overhead fillet welding as well as groove welding tests using manual and semi-automatic welding processes
• Demonstrate ability to carbon arc gouge and to use the oxy-fuel cutting process
• Be able to inspect own finished welds to meet quality standards
• Be able to perform welding work while wearing all required personal protective equipment including, but not limited to, a filtering face piece and/or tight fitting respirator
• May require working above ground (15 ft or more)
• Comfortable with heights
• May require working in narrow or confined work spaces for extended periods of time
• May require extensive kneeling, bending, walking and/or standing for long periods of time