Welder-Torque Box Construction

Rosenbauer Aerials • Fremont, NE

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Responsible for various types of weld preparation, welding and weld finishing operations per drawings, specifications, or other forms of instruction. Areas of welding include ladder construction, cradles, oil tanks, ladder finishing, turntables, torque boxes, platforms, waterways and HRETs. Steel and/or aluminum welding.

Requirements

• One year experience in various forms of welding
• Must be able to read and write in English
• Read blueprints, fabricate parts.
• Possess basic math knowledge
• Read tape measure
• Possess a satisfactory safety record and be aware of others safety, including own.
• Understand and follow all safety rules.
• Reliable, responsible, dependable
• Confer with supervisors to plan and review daily work activities
• Attention to details
• Adhere to all company policies
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to work with other associates in a team atmosphere.
• Ability to pass welder qualification test within first year of employment per AWS D1.1 and/or D1.2 as required.

Nice To Haves

• Vertical/horizontal/overhead welding experience preferred
• High School Graduate or equivalent

Responsibilities

• Proficient in assigned welding techniques
• Perform MIG and/or TIG welding.
• Weld components in a flat, vertical, or overhead position
• Interpretation of mechanical drawings, including weld requirement symbology
• Knowledge of wire and filler materials applications for various steel alloys and aluminum
• Working knowledge of fixturing and weld set up parameters (amps, volts, etc.)
• Operate oxy/acetylene burning equipment
• Able to ignite torches or start power supplies and strike arcs by touching electrodes to metals being welded, completing electrical circuits.
• Clamp, hold, tack-weld, heat-bend, grind and/or bolt component parts to obtain required configurations
• Operate manual or semi-automatic welding equipment to fuse metal segments, using processes such as gas tungsten arc, gas metal arc, flux covered arc, plasma arc, shielded metal arc, resistance welding and submerged arc welding.
• Monitor the fitting, burning and welding processes to avoid overheating of parts or warping, shrinking, distortion or expansion of material.
• Examine work pieces for defects and measure work pieces with straightedges or templates to ensure conformance with specifications.
• Recognize, set up and operate hand and power tools common to the welding trade, such shielded metal arc and gas metal arc welding equipment.
• Lay out, position, align and secure parts and assemblies prior to assembly, using straightedges, combination squares, calipers, and rulers.
• Conventional and precision measuring instruments
• Process inspection, certification, and documentation
• Welding equipment maintenance.
• Detect faulty operation of equipment or materials and notify supervisors.
• Finish grinding applications using manual and power tools
• Housekeeping clean and sweep areas daily
• Confer with and assist other associates to ensure production schedules are achieved.
• Other duties as assigned by the area supervisor

Benefits

• Vacation Accrual starts the day you do!
• 8 Paid Holidays!
• Health, dental, vision and $20,000 company paid life insurance!
• Short term disability, accident, cancer, critical illness and hospital insurance options available!
• 401(k) and profit sharing

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees