SUMMARY: MIG welder who plans, lays out, fabricates, assembles, and repairs sheet metal parts, equipment, and products
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Works as part of a production team to weld parts.
- Ensures high safety measures while working, such as donning protective gear for the face and body.
- Reads and interprets engineering drawings & product specifications to determine sequence and methods of fabricating, assembling, and installing sheet metal parts/products.
- Selects gauge and type of sheet metal according to specifications
- Creates quality welds according to blueprints.
- Ability to diagnose and resolve problems
- Ability to use hand and power tools
- Change welding wire as needed.
- Change gas tanks as needed
- Monitor equipment and request maintenance when required.
- Operate equipment such as industrial saws.
- Prepare product to be welded by grinding, drilling, milling, tapping and cutting.
- Perform other related duties as assigned by management
- Inspect welds for accuracy.
- Inspect jobs upon completion and ensure work areas are clean
- Operate tools and equipment according to established safety procedures
- Each job must be run with safety, accuracy and timeliness in the welding area.
- Ensure all equipment is properly set-up and used in a safe manner and that all safety devices are in use.
- Follow established safety procedures and techniques to perform job duties including lifting, climbing, etc.
- Correct unsafe conditions in work area and report any conditions that are not correctable to supervisor immediately.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three years of welding experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Must be friendly, courteous, service-oriented, and flexible, and enjoy working with a variety of staff.
- Must be detail-oriented and work effectively under pressure while meeting all applicable deadlines.
- Must be able to work independently and productively with minimum supervision; work well under pressure; able to manage multiple projects.
- Must have basic knowledge of power tools and hand tools
- Must be able to speak and follow verbal and written directions in English
COMPETENCIES:
- Ethics - Treats people with respect; Keeps commitments; Inspires the trust of others; Works with integrity and ethically; Upholds organizational values.
- Quantity - Meets productivity standards; Completes work in a timely manner; Strives to increase productivity; Works quickly.
- Attendance/Punctuality - Is consistent at work and on time; Ensures work responsibilities are covered when absent
- Dependability - Follows instructions, responds to management direction; Takes responsibility for own actions; Keeps commitments; Commits to long hours of work when necessary to reach goals; Completes tasks on time or notifies appropriate person with an alternate plan.
- Initiative - Volunteers readily; Undertakes self-development activities; Seeks increased responsibilities; Takes independent actions and calculated risks; Looks for and takes advantage of opportunities; Asks for and offers help when needed.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT:
- Continually required to stand
- Frequently required to walk
- Continually required to utilize hand and finger dexterity
- Occasionally required to climb, balance, bend, stoop, kneel or crawl
- Frequently required to talk or hear
- Occasionally required to lift/push/carry items to 50 pounds
- Frequently work near moving mechanical parts
- Occasionally exposure to outside weather conditions
- Frequent exposure to extreme heat (non-weather)
- Frequently loud noise
- Continually wear PPE
- Continually utilize visual acuity to operate equipment and read technical information
