Welder/Fabricator

Cleaver-Brooks • Thomasville, GA

6d • Onsite

About The Position

Cleaver-Brooks is hiring a Welder in Thomasville, Georgia. This trainee position fabricates, lays out, positions, aligns, and fits structural metal parts. The role requires basic welding skills and a willingness to learn the welding trade, with the ability to pass basic ASME certification tests within a given time frame. The position works the day shift, 6:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., and requires compliance with plant safety rules and proper use of required personal protective equipment.

This role involves working throughout the plant, indoors and outdoors, in conditions that include noise, dust, dirt, welding fumes, and machine lubricants or oils. Work may involve standing and walking on hard cement surfaces, lifting, bending, stretching, stooping, squatting, climbing ladders and stairs, and working at heights. Questions and decisions are directed to the trainer, Cell Leader, or Foreman; the position has very limited decision-making responsibility.

Requirements

• Good reading, writing, and math skills.
• Technical training from an accredited school or six months of related welding experience.
• Basic welding skills and willingness and desire to learn the welding trade.
• Ability to use a cutting torch and carbon arc gouge.
• Ability to use and read measuring devices such as tape measures and levels.
• Ability to read, understand, and work from blueprints and/or process sheets.
• Ability to pass basic ASME certification tests within a given time frame.
• Ability to learn and use the timekeeping system and comply with plant safety rules.
• Ability to lift up to 60 pounds chest high regularly; stand and walk for up to 12 hours; bend, stretch, stoop, squat, climb ladders up to 8 feet, work in areas up to 15 feet from the ground, and climb stairs.
• Ability to work in temperature ranges corresponding with outside ambient temperatures and access all plant areas, inside and outside.
• Ability and willingness to use required personal protective equipment, including safety glasses, hearing protection, steel-toed shoes, and fall protection.

Nice To Haves

• High school education or GED equivalent preferred.
• Technical training at an accredited school preferred.

Responsibilities

• Fabricate, lay out, position, align, and fit structural metal parts.
• Use a cutting torch and perform carbon arc gouging.
• Use and read measuring devices such as tape measures and levels.
• Read, understand, and work from blueprints and/or process sheets.
• Develop welding skills and pass basic ASME certification tests within the given time frame.
• Use the timekeeping system.
• Follow plant safety rules and regulations and properly use required personal protective equipment.
• Perform other job duties as directed by the Cell Leader or Foreman.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Comprehensive benefits, including medical, dental, vision, maternity support program, discounted virtual physician visits, voluntary medical benefits, FSA, HSA, life insurance, and short- and long-term disability
• Cash matching 401(k) plan
• Employee assistance program (EAP)
• Pet insurance
• Employee discount program
• Tuition assistance
• Paid time off and 11 paid holidays

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED