Combination Rig Welder

Wood • Houston, TX

4h

About The Position

The Combination Rig Welder interprets work orders, specifications, isometric drawings, blueprints, and other job documents to perform welding and fabrication work. The role involves working with various materials and metals, including carbon steel, stainless steel, and alloys, and producing welds that meet quality requirements, including 100% X-ray quality. The welder uses appropriate hand and power tools, equipment, alignment devices, and safe rigging practices, and may work in flat, vertical, or overhead positions. Candidates must own a welding machine and have journeyman welding experience, as well as experience as a welding helper.

Requirements

• Must own a welding machine.
• At least 2 years of journeyman experience welding various types of materials.
• 1–2 years of experience as a helper in the welding field.

Responsibilities

• Interpret and apply information from work orders, job orders, specifications, ISO drawings, blueprints, and other drawings, and recognize basic blueprints or symbols for job application.
• Identify and demonstrate safe use of hand and power tools appropriate to the job.
• Recognize materials used in the craft and apply appropriate material-handling techniques.
• Select and safely use equipment such as manlifts, forklifts, and company trucks.
• Apply safe rigging practices.
• Identify, explain, and perform crane signals.
• Weld parts using applicable welding processes on metals including carbon steel, stainless steel, and alloys.
• Use alignment devices for fabrication.
• Qualify for and pass welding performance tests.
• Produce welds that meet 100% X-ray quality requirements.
• Use oxy-acetylene flame-cutting equipment safely and competently.
• Apply knowledge of regulations governing quality-control codes.
• Clamp, hold, tack-weld, heat-bend, grind, or bolt component parts to achieve required configurations and positions for welding.
• Weld components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions.
• Remove rough spots from workpieces using portable grinders, hand files, or scrapers.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed