Weld Technician I

Challenge Manufacturing•Cusseta, AL

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Challenge Manufacturing is a leading tier 1 supplier of complex metal assemblies for the global automotive industry, driving innovative solutions for future mobility. As an employee-owned company, we believe the best ideas come from individual unique perspectives combined with teamwork. Our team members take pride in their work and embody our core values of safety, ownership, and teamwork. The ESOP program allows Challenge to give shares of the Company to all employee-owners annually, serving as an additional retirement benefit. Challenge is #QualityDriven and #PeoplePowered!

Requirements

Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English at a level sufficient to safely and effectively perform job duties, including following work instructions, safety procedures, and company communications.
High school graduate or equivalent.
Must be able to pass and maintain industrial truck and aerial platform licenses.
Successful completion of the Weld Technician course.
1-year minimum working as a Weld Operator.
2-year minimum experience with automated welding applications.
Ability to locate and troubleshoot the root cause of issues.
Ability to read and interpret job element sheets.
Ability to navigate teach pendant or flex pendant.
Ability to manually manipulate a robot or external axes.
Ability to use hand tools properly.
Ability to lift/move material weighing up to 50 pounds.
Understanding of the weld processes.
Reliability regarding performance and attendance.
Adhere to all safety rules of the plant – including PPE requirements.
Steel toe boots and hard hats are required on site.

Nice To Haves

2-year technical degree preferred.
Experience with ABB and Fanuc robots preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide production support by performing setup, troubleshooting and operations of automated welding cells within the production facility.
Implement best practices and proactively assess welding/robotic applications.
Observe and comply with all safety, environmental, regulatory, and statutory requirements.
Follow all safety procedures and protocols while servicing or maintaining equipment.
Perform machine cleaning.
Perform weld tip/cap changes and weld gun maintenance.
Perform change over process of stationary welders, change out cells, automated cells.
Perform preventative maintenance on fixtures and cells including proper lubrication of components.
Run Red Rabbit process and troubleshoot issues if a failure occurs (i.e., properly adjust sensors or switches).
Perform basic weld fixture adjustment process.
Perform basic welding technology troubleshooting (i.e., resistance spot welding applications, weld tip inspection, tip force, shunt cable inspection/replacement, etc.), GMAW component knowledge and troubleshooting (i.e., nozzle, tip, diffuser inspection, inspection/replacement of gooseneck, welding torch, etc.).
Utilize Plex for documentation, locating parts and components, work orders, finding set-up documentation, and down time codes.
Perform basic dispense system operations (i.e., changing barrels properly, visual inspection of system), replacement of nozzles, fittings or components.
Operate nut feeder and make adjustments as needed (i.e., inspection for proper level of nuts, spear alignment, clearing a jam condition).
Perform basic cell resets (i.e., Homing cell, robot, and tooling).
Touch up robotic programmed points within a program.