Welding Instructor - 2nd Shift
About The Position
Meyer Utility Structures is searching for a Plant Welding Instructor. In this role, you will administer the Steele, Alabama utility pole manufacturing plant's welder training program (pole school). The Plant Welding Instructor will have strong hands-on welding skills, visual weld inspection experience, and experience training and testing welding candidates. Meyer Utility Structures is a proud subsidiary of the infrastructure company, Arcosa, Inc. We commit to and pride ourselves on providing reliable structures, superior service, and product solutions. Meyer Utility Structures is an industry leader in the engineering design and fabrication of concrete, lattice, and tubular steel structures for transmission, distribution, and substation applications. What you'll do: Oversee the daily pole school operations. Maintain welder candidate training, testing, and qualification records. Perform hands-on welder candidate training for the FCAW, SAW, SMAW, plasma/oxyfuel cutting, and air-carbon-arc gouging processes. Conduct classroom training on welding safety, welding, and cutting processes, visual weld acceptance criteria, welding symbols, drawings, etc. Perform hands-on, pole layout and fit-up training. Provide additional training (OJT) to production welders as required. Assist in qualifying welding procedure specifications as required. Participate in welding improvement projects/other duties as required. What you'll need: 3 - 5 years of FCAW, SAW, SMAW, plasma/air carbon arc, and layout/fit-up experience, preferably in the utility structure industry. Able to effectively present classroom training and hands-on welding application training. Proficient in conducting AWS D1.1 welder qualification tests and generating welder qualification records. Welding-related associate degree desired. AWS Certified Welding Inspector (CWI) and/or AWS Certified Welding Educator (CWE) desired. Proficient in using various weld inspection tools such as amp/volt/wire feed/gas flow meters, fillet weld gages, undercut gages, etc. Able to read and comprehend welding symbols, welding procedure specifications, work instructions, drawings, bill of materials, etc. Possess written and oral communication skills. Bilingual (Spanish) desired. Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook).
Requirements
- 3 - 5 years of FCAW, SAW, SMAW, plasma/air carbon arc, and layout/fit-up experience, preferably in the utility structure industry.
- Able to effectively present classroom training and hands-on welding application training.
- Proficient in conducting AWS D1.1 welder qualification tests and generating welder qualification records.
- Proficient in using various weld inspection tools such as amp/volt/wire feed/gas flow meters, fillet weld gages, undercut gages, etc.
- Able to read and comprehend welding symbols, welding procedure specifications, work instructions, drawings, bill of materials, etc.
- Possess written and oral communication skills.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook).
Nice To Haves
- Welding-related associate degree desired.
- AWS Certified Welding Inspector (CWI) and/or AWS Certified Welding Educator (CWE) desired.
- Bilingual (Spanish) desired.
Responsibilities
- Oversee the daily pole school operations.
- Maintain welder candidate training, testing, and qualification records.
- Perform hands-on welder candidate training for the FCAW, SAW, SMAW, plasma/oxyfuel cutting, and air-carbon-arc gouging processes.
- Conduct classroom training on welding safety, welding, and cutting processes, visual weld acceptance criteria, welding symbols, drawings, etc.
- Perform hands-on, pole layout and fit-up training.
- Provide additional training (OJT) to production welders as required.
- Assist in qualifying welding procedure specifications as required.
- Participate in welding improvement projects/other duties as required.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
Associate degree
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
