Orbital Weld Prep Operator AM

Senior Aerospace Steico•Oceanside, CA

10d•Onsite

About The Position

STEICO Industries is seeking an Orbital Weld Prep Operator for the AM shift. This role involves the fabrication, pre-weld preparation, and orbital welding of tubing assemblies made from materials such as Stainless Steel, Titanium, and Inconel. The operator will use manual TIG welders for tacking and automated equipment for final welds. Fabrication tasks include using saws and specialty equipment to trim and square tubing, and using buffers and pneumatic tools for pre-weld preparation. The company emphasizes safety, integrity, customer focus, respect, trust, accountability, and excellence.

Requirements

High School diploma or equivalent.
Communication and written skills
Basic knowledge of computers
Requires basic math skills to perform basic calculations such as addition and subtraction

Nice To Haves

No Experience Needed! Will train on process and how to use equipment
Understanding of chop saws, manual drills and general hand tools is a plus
Experience in custom cabinet and fine woodworking trades highly beneficial
Experience reading blueprints and using measuring devices is a plus
Working with aluminum, stainless steel and titanium is a plus

Responsibilities

Fabrication of tube assemblies using saws, End finishers and hand tools.
Using Calibrated measuring equipment such as dial calipers and laser vision to check that parts meet the blueprint/customer requirements.
Pre-Weld Cleaning/prepping of tubes and fittings using Buffers, cordless drills and other hand tools.
Reading/Understanding blueprints and customer data.
Manually Tack welding fittings using Tig welder and fixtures for proper rotations.
Setting up orbital weld machine with the tooling and qualified schedule for part configuration.
Orbital welding fitting to tubes using automatic Orbital Weld equipment.
Visually Inspect weld inside diameter and outside diameter to customer requirements using optic equipment such as loupes and borescopes.
Maintaining 5’s and safety requirements for the area.
Performing preventative maintenance on equipment in the department.
Other reasonable duties as business and operational needs dictate.
Using required PPE required for the department.