Welder Multi-Craft - Field Position, Maryville, TN

About the role

At Cherokee Millwright, we are a multi-craft company that focuses on the needs of our customers by providing multi-trades personnel to meet the customer’s unique job requests. Therefore, all field employees will be cross-trained in various trades such as millwrighting, pipefitting, welding, sheet metal, civil, etc. The focus of this position will be to plan, lay-out, weld, install and repair all types of metal components according to blueprints, specifications, codes, and industry standards. Work in other crafts at levels appropriate to training and skills as requested by supervisor.

Responsibilities

• Laying out pieces to be assembled according to blueprints, schematics or work orders.
• Using manual/semi-automatic/automatic welding equipment to join, surface, fabricate, and repair parts of metal or other weldable materials.
• Positioning pieces to be welded into jigs, holding fixtures, guides and steps using measuring instruments and hand tools.
• Inspecting completed work for conformance to specifications.
• Performing minor maintenance to equipment.
• Observing all standard safety practices, and maintaining and completing all required records.
• Participating in safety committees or initiatives as required.
• Additional skills in other crafts will be necessary to meet our customers’ needs and will be expected in this role.
• No supervisory responsibilities.

Requirements

• High School diploma or GED equivalent; and two + years of experience with industrial and commercial applications.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.
• Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Physical demands: regularly stand; frequently walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear; occasionally sit; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds; frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds; occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds; specific vision abilities required include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
• Work environment: frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles; frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts; occasional exposure to high, precarious places; toxic or caustic chemicals; risk of electrical shock and vibration; noise level usually loud.

Qualifications

• Must be able to pass structural and 6G pipe weld test.
• Fork Lift license may be required.

Skills

• Hydraulic press brake
• Hydraulic shear
• Vulcan plasma cutting table
• Pittsburg machine
• TDC machine
• Roller machine (three types)
• Hand break
• Bead roller machine
• Bead forming machine
• Stomp shear
• Magna bend
• Pin spot machine
• Drill press
• Band saw
• Plasma torch
• Track torch
• Mig and Tig Welders
• Overhead Crane
• Forklift

Benefits

We offer our employees a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.