What are the responsibilities and job description for the Welder and Fabricator position at Alpha Fabrication and Machining?
Job Tasks
- Maintain a safe, clean, and orderly work area
- Weld (16ga-2.5 in) metal parts or components together, using MIG welding equipment
- Welds in flat, horizontal, vertical, uphill or overhead position
- Review layouts, blueprint, diagrams and procedure sheets in preparation for welding, cutting and fabricating metal components
- Layout, fit, and tack-weld fabricated components to assemble structural forms, such as machinery frames, tanks, control cabinets, according to blueprints, written, or verbal instructions
- Positions work pieces and clamps together or assembles in jigs or fixtured preparatory to welding
- Repair broken or cracked parts, fill holes and increase size of metal parts (build-up), using welding equipment
- May repair products by dismantling, straightening, reshaping and reassembling parts, using cutting torch, port-a-power straightening press, and hand tools
- Clean or degrease parts, using wire brush, portable or belt grinder or solvent
- Trimming or cutting (hand held) when required via oxy-fuel, power saw or portable power saw
- Selects and installs torch, torch tip according to thickness of material. Connects and turns regulator valves and adjust gas flows matching tip selection
- Inspect finished work piece for conformance to specifications of the blueprint
- Report equipment or safety issues to foreman immediately
- The safe use of machines and hand and power tools - Including their design, preventive maintenance, and safe storage
- Determine the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job safely, including proper protection of self and others
- Knowledge of fundamentals and operation of welding equipment and torches
- Performing routine preventative maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed
- Able to lift 50 lbs repeatedly to a maximum of 75 lbs occasionally
- Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job
- Conducting tests and inspection of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance
- Watching gauges, dials or other indicators to make sure machine is working properly
- The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact position
- The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer)
- The ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists
- Skill to follow and read a blueprint
- The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged
- Performing physical activities that require considerable use of arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping and handling of materials
- High School Diploma
- Equivalent combination of education and experience
- Safety conscious for self and others
- Maintain a positive attitude
- Work well with others
- On time and good attendance
- Willing to work overtime and/or Saturdays as requested by Foreman