Welder I

Rite-Hite • Horn Lake, MS

2d

About The Position

A Welder I lays out fabrications, tacks weldments together, and welds components to customer-supplied specifications while maintaining a high level of quality. The role also involves maintaining a clean and safe work environment and working with supervisors and leadership to suggest improvements to products and processes. This position reports directly to a Production Supervisor.

The Welder I uses blueprints and quality-control packets to fabricate and verify products, sets up and adjusts GMAW equipment, and uses cutting tools, hand and power tools, and fabrication measurement tools. The role also includes operating forklifts, hoists, and cranes, and supporting the quality system and continuous improvement procedures.

Requirements

• Six months to one year of related experience and/or training, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to read and interpret safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees.
• Ability to perform arithmetic using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to solve practical problems involving a variety of concrete variables with limited standardization.
• Ability to interpret written, oral, diagram, or schedule-based instructions.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a clean and safe work environment.
• Use JD Edwards software to perform daily production tasks.
• Use blueprints to fit and weld metal components.
• Select equipment and plan layout, assembly, and welding.
• Call in the Quality Auditor to verify work.
• Lay out, position, align, and fit components together.
• Bolt, clamp, and tack-weld parts to secure them for welding.
• Set up and adjust GMAW equipment to produce quality welds.
• Use plasma and/or oxyfuel cutting torches.
• Use hand and power tools, including grinders, belt sanders, and die grinders.
• Use fabrication measurement tools, including squares, tape measures, levels, and magnets.
• Use Quality Control packets to determine build quantity.
• Repair, disassemble, assemble, straighten, sharpen, and reshape products.
• Operate forklifts, hoists, and cranes.
• Execute and support the quality system and procedures as part of continuous improvement.
• Work with supervisors and leadership to suggest improvements to products and processes.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Life and disability insurance.
• Well-being program, with an opportunity to receive an extra day off.
• 401(k) retirement savings program with company match.
• Profit sharing.
• Paid holidays, vacation time, and personal/sick days.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed