Weld Technician I

Challenge Manufacturing•Spartanburg, SC

81d•Onsite

About The Position

The Weld Technician I provides production support by setting up, troubleshooting, and operating automated welding cells in a production facility. The role also involves implementing best practices and proactively assessing welding and robotic applications. The technician follows safety procedures, maintains and services equipment, supports trainees, and helps maintain production flow through troubleshooting, preventive maintenance, and communication across shifts.

Requirements

High school graduate or equivalent.
Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English sufficiently to safely and effectively perform job duties, follow work instructions and safety procedures, and understand company communications.
Industrial truck and aerial platform licenses.
Excellent verbal communication skills.
Experience with Microsoft applications such as Word, Excel, and Outlook.
Successful completion of the Weld Tech curriculum with a passing grade, including for external candidates.
Successful completion of the Weld Tech trainee period for internal candidates; external candidates are excluded from this requirement.
Weld Tech trainees must successfully complete a probationary period and corresponding qualification card.
Ability to read and interpret job element sheets.
Ability to navigate a teach pendant or flex pendant.
Ability to manually manipulate a robot or external axes.
Ability to use a variety of gages, including functional and go/no-go gages.
Ability to use hand tools properly.
Ability to use hand measurement tools, including volt meters, micrometers, calipers, and tape measures.
Ability to follow Challenge’s safety policy and procedures.
Understanding of welding processes.
Ability to lift or move material weighing up to 50 pounds.
Ability to work as a contributing member of a team.
Demonstrates high performance standards, accountability, thoroughness, accuracy, reliability, honesty, and integrity.
Resolves conflict constructively by listening, focusing on the issue, seeking resolution, and monitoring progress; maintains positive working relationships.
Uses feedback to continuously improve performance and work relationships.
Works with a sense of urgency to support plant flow and customer needs.
Maintains the experience, skills, and knowledge needed to perform all aspects of the job and rotate through job responsibilities.
Approaches change constructively and objectively, viewing it as a learning opportunity.
Works collaboratively, shares information and knowledge, and looks for the good in others.

Responsibilities

Follow safety procedures and protocols while servicing or maintaining equipment.
Mentor and support Weld Technician trainees.
Clean machines.
Perform weld tip and cap changes and weld gun maintenance.
Perform changeovers on stationary welders and change out cells and automated cells.
Perform preventive maintenance on fixtures and cells, including proper lubrication of components.
Run the Red Rabbit process and troubleshoot failures, including adjusting sensors or switches as appropriate.
Perform basic weld fixture adjustments.
Identify, use, replace, and set up common sensors.
Troubleshoot welding applications and components, including resistance spot welding, weld tips, tip force, shunt cables, and GMAW components such as nozzles, tips, diffusers, goosenecks, and welding torches.
Use Plex to document work, locate parts and components, access work orders and setup documentation, and enter downtime codes.
Perform basic welding activities involving resistance welding, projection welding, GMAW welding, and acetylene torch use.
Perform basic dispense-system tasks, including changing barrels and visually inspecting systems, and replacing nozzles, fittings, or components.
Understand nut feeder operation and make needed adjustments, including checking nut levels and spear alignment and clearing jams.
Perform basic cell resets, including homing the cell, robot, and tooling.
Touch up programmed robotic points within a program.
Move between work areas as needed to support plant flow and customer needs.
Update and relay pertinent information to the oncoming shift.
Locate and troubleshoot root causes of issues.
Work as a contributing member of a team.
Attend work as scheduled, ensure coverage when absent, take timely breaks and lunches, and use time wisely.