What are the responsibilities and job description for the Fabrication Welder Technician position at Nextran Truck Centers?
Our Employees Benefit from:
Career Paths || Network of 25 Dealerships || Disability Insurance || Paid Time Off (2wks 1st year) || Nextran Paid Life Insurance
Family Centered Values || Medical and Dependent Care FSA || 401(k) Retirement Plan with Match || Company-Paid Holidays || EAP
Great Medical, Dental, & Vision Benefits || Social Responsibility Opportunities || 28 Years of Industry Experience || Professional Growth
The Technician, Fabricator at Nextran Truck Centers is a skilled position that is responsible for constructing and manufacturing metal parts and products for our customer’s Medium & Heavy-Duty Trucks. This position reports to the Shop Foreman.
Essential Duties:
- Performs work as outlined on work order with efficiency and accuracy, in accordance with dealership and factory standards.
- Marks cutting lines on material.Produces strong, clean, polished welds. Confirms all parts are properly fitted, aligned and screwed in.
- Welds parts in flat, vertical and/or overhead positions. Follows blueprints and determines material measurements.
- Conducts tests to check weld quality and to ensure strength and tolerance of welds. Uses precision measuring tools to inspect grooves and angles.
- Documents all work performed.
- Reports machinery defects or malfunctions to the supervisor.
- Maintains and is accountable for all dealership-owned tools and manuals.
- Understands, keeps abreast of, and complies with federal, state and local regulations such as hazardous waste disposal, OSHA Right-To-Know, etc.
- Operates all tools/equipment in a safe manner and reports any safety issues immediately to management.
Skills and Qualifications: High School Diploma- Basic computer skills-1 years of welding experience preferred-Must have own set of tools-Familiarity with common welding tools and procedures, including MIG welding, metal fabrication, grinding and finishing metals. Welder certification a plus-Ability to stand, crouch, and lift heavy equipment-Blueprint reading and knowledge of common welding symbols
Mathematical Skills: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
Reasoning Ability: Ability to solve problems and deal with a variety of variables in situations with only limited resources. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
Physical Demands: 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 use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms.
- Use of torque wrenches, air powered tools or hand tools.
- Use of arms in a raised position above shoulder level for prolong periods of time. Use of creeper or rolling device to enable tech to work underneath vehicle.
- The employee frequently is required to walk; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear.
- The employee is required to stand and sit for extended periods of time (hours) while making repairs.
- Entry or exit from the cab of the vehicle.
- Climb to a safe position to access the engine compartment area, firewall or roof of a vehicle to perform repairs.
- The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 100 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move more than 100 pounds.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
- Ability to push/pull large tool chest from vehicle to vehicle
We are a network of commercial truck dealerships committed to providing the best products and services through highly skilled associates who are focused on delivering the lowest life-cycle cost to our customers. Spanning the Southeast and Midwest United States, we provide sales, parts, and service for several leading brands, including Mack, Volvo, Isuzu, GMC, Ford, Hino, and Kalmar Ottawa. EEO Employer
