Welder 1

PURPOSE AND SCOPE

A Welder 1 is responsible for laying out fabrications, tacking weldments together, and welding components to customer supplied specifications with the highest level of quality. This position is also responsible for maintaining a clean and safe work environment while working with supervisors/leadership to make suggestions for improvement to products and processes. Reporting directly to a Production Supervisor. 2nd or 3rd shift availability.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

• Maintain a clean and safe work environment.

• Operate as required within JD Edwards Software to perform daily production tasks.

• Utilize blueprints to fit and weld metal components.

• Select equipment and plans layout, assembly, and welding.

• Ensure Quality Auditor is called in to verify work.

• Lays out, positions, aligns, and fits components together.

• Bolts, clamps, and tack-welds parts to secure in position for welding.

• Sets up and can adjust GMAW equipment to perform quality welds.

• Uses plasma, and/or oxyfuel cutting torches.

• Uses hand power tools such as grinders, belt sanders, die grinders.

• Is proficient using fabrication measurement tools (squares, tape measures, levels, magnets).

• Utilize Quality Control packets to determine build quantity.

• Repair, disassemble, assemble, straighten, sharpen, and reshape products.

• Operates forklifts, hoists, and cranes.

• Responsible for executing and supporting the quality system and procedures in the effort for continuous improvement.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

• Six months to one-year related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

KNOWLEDGE / SKILL REQUIREMENTS:

The ideal candidate will demonstrate:

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of the organization.

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee frequently is required to walk. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear; and taste or smell. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• This role will not have supervisory responsibilities.