Welder

Waste Connections•Lubbock, TX

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Waste Connections of Houston is looking for a safety conscience Welder to join the team in Lubbock, TX. In this position you will do a few different things, but your main duties will include welding, fabricating and compactor repair. This is a full-time, long-term position with a great company. If you don't mind getting your hands dirty and are a self-motivated, hardworking individual with good communication skills, Waste Connections wants to talk to you. Waste Connections is an integrated solid waste services company that provides solid waste collection, transfer, disposal and recycling services in mostly exclusive and secondary markets. Their goal is to create an environment where self-directed, empowered employees strive to consistently fulfill constituent commitments and seek to create positive impacts through interactions with customers, communities, and fellow employees. Waste Connections is always working to protect the health of the communities they serve and are grateful for the hard work and dedication employees bring to their job every day. Working here means being a safety-minded individual making important daily contributions that positively impact those around them. They appreciate integrity and pride in work. People who want to gain valuable professional experience will find that Waste Connections is a fantastic place to work, offering beneficial training and professional development opportunities. At Waste Connections, employees thrive if they are friendly, dedicated, and prefer a work hard/play hard culture focused on maintaining their reputation as the premier waste services company. They operate a highly decentralized structure, looking for energetic individuals who can demonstrate individual initiative and creativity and prefer a work hard/play hard team environment and culture. Diversity and inclusion are essential to their success, hiring and empowering great, capable people from a wide variety of backgrounds and leading with their values. For more than 20 years, they have maintained a culture of safety, integrity and service to build a great place to work, built on taking care of each other and the communities they serve.

Requirements

Hydraulic and electrical experience.
Experienced in Stick and MIG and ARC welding and using a cutting torch.
Ability to drive a forklift and other trucks in the yard.
High school diploma or equivalent preferred.

Responsibilities

Perform welding and repair of trash/compactor containers, compactor repairs and trash trucks metal repair in our fleet.
Maintains a clean, safe work area in compliance with Corporate and OSHA standards.
Performs all work in accordance with established safety procedures, documenting parts usage, and accounting for repair times.
Ability to effectively communicate needed repairs or tasks and work as a team.
Assist with roll cart delivery to our local customers.
Performs MIG & ARC Welding
Experience with oxygen/acetylene cutting torch to replace or repair rusted or torn metal on containers
Wash and or paint containers when needed