Fabrication Technician / Welder

Description

Benefits

• Full-Time Employees
  • Company Sponsored Benefits:
    • Medical (PPO & HSA), Dental, Vision, STD,
  • Company Paid Benefits:
    • Basic Life, Basic AD&D, Cancer, LTD, Teladoc (Full-time & Part-time)

• 401K with Employer Match (eligibility requirements)
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (eligibility requirements)
• Paid Holidays & Paid Time Off (Full-Time Only)
• Maternity/Paternity Leave (eligibility requirements)
• Paid Training & Safety Equipment
• Relocation Benefits
• Verizon Wireless Company Discount (eligibility requirements)

Summary

Joins, fabricates, and repairs metal and other weldable material by applying appropriate welding techniques. Interprets blueprints, specifications, diagrams or schematics to determine appropriate welding process.  Inspects completed welds to determine structural soundness.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Designs, fabricates, joins, fits/tack, and/or repair equipment, fixtures and various types of metal objects and structures using oxygen-acetylene, electric arc, MIG and TIG welding techniques.
•  Operates drill presses, power saws, grinders and a variety of welding equipment and hand tools.
• Use rigging and cranes for movement of weldments
• Cuts workpiece, using powered saws, hydraulic shears.
• Installs or repairs equipment, such as lead pipes, valves, floors, and truck linings, and all components of welding machinery.
• Welds components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions.
• Ignites torch and adjusts valves, amperage, or voltage to obtain desired flame or arc.
• 2G (Horizontal Welding), 3G (Vertical/Uphill Welding), 4G (Overhead Welding)
• Analyzes plans, drawings, work samples, specifications, and work orders to determine work requirements and sequence of welding assignments/techniques.
• Required to work overtime schedule as requested to meet production needs based on established overtime procedures.
• Estimates material and labor.
• Recommends supplies and materials to be ordered.

Supervisory Responsibilities

 N/A

Qualifications

Qualifications

• Must be dependable.
• Excellent customer service skills, both verbal and written.
• Knowledge of applicable codes.
• Knowledge if mathematics to solve problems.
• Knowledge of welding techniques, (oxygen-acetylene, electric arc, and MIG, TIG, plastic welding), tools and equipment.
• Skills in the fabrication, joining and repair of a variety of metal objects, equipment, fixtures and structures.
• Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of emergency apparatus products.
• Knowledge of proper safety and protective equipment utilized during welding assignments.

Education and/or Experience

• High School Diploma or GED
• Four years of welding experience; OR, Completion of an accredited four year welder's training program; OR, Completion of an accredited two year welder's training program and two years of welding experience;

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

N/A

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee is regularly required to stand; walk; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to sit and climb or balance. The employee is occasionally required to walk stairs and/or climb ladders. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move objects up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.