GMAW Welder

What you will do:

We are looking for self–motivated achievers who take pride in their work as skilled tradesmen to work as a team and individually in a fabrication job shop using the shielded metal arc and gas shielded arc methods working with different materials and wall thickness. Utilize different positions and types of welds, alignments by fitting together fabricated parts of metal according to layouts, work orders, blueprints, schematics and sketches in preparation for welding, all types of steel, thermo plastics, and stainless with manual and semiautomatic welding equipment. Lay out and mark weld points on parts or subassemblies using ruler, square, scribe, templates, and laser by performing the following duties.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Selecting, measuring, cutting, and joining appropriate metals to specifications.
• Preparing metals and work surfaces to ensure safe and effective assemblage.
• Interpreting specifications and blueprints accurately.
• Training welding apprentices and mentoring recruits.
• Regularly cleaning and inspecting welding equipment and tools.
• Operating cranes and other machinery to transport materials to welding worksites.
• Determining correct gas ratios.
• Testing the strength of each join during and after project completion.
• Diagnosing issues and troubleshooting as required.
• Use precision measuring equipment with high degree of accuracy
• Perform daily cleaning and maintenance to machinery and equipment when required
• Comply with all quality policies, specifications, regulations and instructions
• Perform all assigned tasks in a safe and responsible manner
• Comply with all HS&E policies, procedures, regulations and instructions
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form.
• Experienced in parts fabrication and piping tubular and stainless.
• Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as portability and statistical inference and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry.
• Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions to practical situations.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Liaising with the line manager or supervisor, reporting any issues, and making suggestions for improvement.
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The employer reserves the right to revise or change this description. This description does not constitute a written or implied contract of employment. All employees are expected to work varying hours of compensated overtime to accomplish various duties. All employees are expected to work rotating hours, shifts, or in different departments to accommodate the business demands. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to satisfactorily perform each of the above essential duties and meet the physical demands. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to meet these conditions.