Welder Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• High School Diploma or General Education Degree (GED) required.
• Ability to read, write and comprehend documents and correspondence.
• Ability to communicate effectively one-on-one and in groups.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram form.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several components in variable and standardized situations.
• Ability to multitask and stay organized.
• Ability to establish priorities, work independently and proceed with objectives with minimal supervision.
• The employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, reach with and use hands and fingers, talk and hear.
• The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, climb and balance.
• The employee occasionally may be required to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Nice To Haves

• 6 months – 1 year related experience in a manufacturing environment and/or additional related education preferred.
• Successful completion of a Weiler weld test.
• Basic computer skills preferred.

Responsibilities

• Ability to read and interpret blueprints.
• Selects equipment, jigs and fixtures, plans layout and welding according to blueprints, process sheets and welding procedure specifications.
• Lays out, positions, aligns and fits components together.
• Bolts, clamps, tack welds parts to secure in position for welding according to blueprints, process sheets and welding procedure specifications.
• Follows Weiler weld standards; welds all jobs in any welding position according to blueprints, process sheets and welding procedure specifications using gas metal arc welding, both conventional and pulsed.
• Sets and operates a cutting torch safely and efficiently.
• Finishes grinding applications using manual and power tools.
• Repairs products by dismantling, straightening, reshaping and/or re-welding.
• Operates a carbon air arc-gauging tool safely and proficiently.
• Operates a handheld plasma arc-cutting torch safely and proficiently.
• Reads and understands measuring devices such as tape measure, weld fillet gauge, level, square, protractor and angle finder.
• Works in a safe manner at all times, following all safety guidelines.