PREP Welder - Day Shift

Crest Industries • Pineville, LA

4d • Onsite

About The Position

DIS-TRAN Steel, located in Pineville, LA, is looking for experienced PREP Welders to join their team on Days. PREP Welders must be capable of performing all welds needed on structures and understand instructions regarding welds. This individual must be able to perform duties with speed and accuracy to produce a quality product and maintain a steady flow through the facility. This position will frequently use calculating skills with a tape measure or other device and will use other moving machinery or equipment, including cranes, to manipulate steel structures.

Requirements

• Ability to interpret blueprints required.
• Ability to read a tape measure required.
• Must pass a site weld test.

Nice To Haves

• High School Diploma or equivalent preferred.
• Welding certification or prior welding experience preferred; GMAW experience preferred.
• Certifications or prior experience using moving machinery, such as cranes, preferred.

Responsibilities

• Operates safety equipment and uses safe work habits.
• Positions, aligns, and welds parts to form complete structures, following blueprints and layout specifications, using machinery, welding torches, and hand tools.
• Recognize, set up, and operate hand and power tools common to the welding trade.
• Examines steel or workpieces to be processed to ensure that specifications are met.
• Moves parts safely into position; manually or with hoists or cranes.
• Welds components in flat positions.
• Operates manual welding equipment to fuse metal parts using the gas metal arc process.
• Cleans welds with grinders and other equipment common to the welding trade.
• Examines work pieces for defects and measures with weld gauges to ensure conformance with specification standard operating procedures.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED