Structural Steel Fitter/Welder

Central States•Springdale, AR

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Provides “Right. On Time. Every Time.” products and customer service, both to external and internal customers, within company standards. This role involves following all plant safety procedures, using applicable personal protective equipment (PPE), and holding team members accountable for safety, environmental, process, and quality control practices. The position requires adherence to setup procedures and work instructions, prompt reporting of machinery issues, and maintaining a clean and organized work area at the end of each shift. Accurate record-keeping, cross-training in other production positions, and completing work as directed by management are also key aspects of this role. The Structural Steel Fitter/Welder will operate hand and power tools common to the welding trade, interpret engineering drawings, and inspect subassemblies to ensure they meet specifications. They will use various measuring tools for layout, assembly, and welding operations, and employ the proper sequence of operations to execute assembly and welding effectively, managing geometry and preventing distortion. Joint preparation, weld cleaning, and visual inspection of welds are also essential duties. The role includes marking materials with proper identification and lifting/moving materials manually or with equipment. Duties may change at any time with or without notice.

Requirements

Basic MIG/GMAW welding skills with up to one year of hands-on welding experience, or completion of an associate’s degree in welding.
Ability to operate assigned task and cross-train in at least two additional work tasks.
Demonstrates excellent interpersonal and teamwork skills.
Customer and detailed oriented.
Exhibits a continuous improvement mindset with ability to verbalize ideas for process and workflow improvements.
Ability to use/read common measuring tools in the welding trade such as tape measures, squares, protractors, fillet weld gauges, v-wac gauges, cam-bridge gauges.
Ability to do basic mathematical calculations, and use a calculator.
Ability to interpret welding symbols.
Ability to learn production operations.

Responsibilities

Follows all plant safety procedures and uses all applicable personal protective equipment (PPE).
Holds other team members accountable for following all safety procedures, environmental control, process control and quality control practices.
Follows all setup procedures and work instructions as documented in the Operations System.
Reports all machinery issues to Maintenance promptly.
Cleans and resets work area at the end of each shift, including sweeping the floor, placing items in proper storage, stacking pallets, restocking packaging, and dumping trash.
Accurately updates all records and visual tracking, whether written or electronic.
Cross-trains as directed and is willing to work at any production position in the plant, on an as needed basis.
Completes work as directed by plant management.
Uses/Operates hand and power tools common to the welding trade, such as welding machine power sources, wire feeders, welding guns, air carbon arc gouging, oxy-fuel equipment, plasma cutters, angle grinders, needle guns, plate clamps, etc.
Interprets engineering shop fabrication drawings, fabrication standards, sketches and other specifications to plan layout, assembly and welding operations.
Inspects subassemblies and accessories visually and dimensionally to verify these meet the required specifications.
Uses tape measures, squares, protractors, rulers, and other measuring tools to lay-out, position and align accessories and subassemblies prior to welding.
Uses the proper sequence of operations to execute assembly and welding of the parts as effective as possible, also to maintain/obtain the required geometry and to prevent distortion of weldments; when needed, uses jacks, turnbuckles, wedges and other tools to correct distortions.
Prepares joints and applies weds as per applicable WPS and fabrication shop drawings.
Cleans welds and adjacent areas removing spatter, slag, silicon islands as per welding code, applicable standards and customer specifications.
Visually inspects welds to ensure compliance with shop fabrication drawing and acceptance criteria in applicable welding codes.
Marks or tag material with proper job number, piece marks, and other identifying marks.
Lift or move materials and finished products, manually or with hoists or cranes.