Welder​/Fitter 2nd Shift

Welder/Fitter

Apply welds per AWS D1.1 Structural Welding Code – Steel and or PTTI weldment standards and WPS.

Layout and fabricate materials according to engineered drawings, sketches, written work instructions and verbal instructions.

Do minor repairs to welding equipment and burning equipment.

Use engineered drawings, sketches, written work instructions and verbal instructions to layout tanks, tank assemblies, covers, cover parts, conservator, and conservator parts, side frames and end guides.

Hand burn and grind. Layout and shoot studs per engineered drawings.

Check work per drawings. Pick up and move material/parts.

Remove material from storeroom and complete the draw card.

Keep weld/fabrication cell clean, neat, and safe always.

Carry out other duties assigned by supervisors.

Must be able to work steady 2nd shift.

Tools and equipment:
Welding equipment, burning equipment, remote overhead cranes, jib cranes, manlifts, forklifts, chippers, grinders, needle scalers, manlifts, ladders, tape measures, scribes, squares, levels, punches, hammers, sledgehammers, pliers, wrenches, screwdrivers, wire brushes, chipping hammers, jigs, dyes and penetrant.

Personal Protective equipment:
Safety glasses, leather steel toed work boots, welding gloves, burning gloves, welding hood, burning shield, flame retardant clothing, fall protection, respirator, work gloves, hearing protection.

Physical demands and work environment:
The physical demands and the work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential job functions.

Physical demands:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee will be required to stand for periods of time, sit for periods of time, kneel for periods of time, crouch or crawl, balance, stoop, use arms, fingers and hands, talk, listen. Be able to climb ladders. The employee must occasionally lift and or move up to 60 pounds. Specific vision requirements must be met to perform the position of welder/fitter.

Welder/fitters shall have passed an eye examination with or without corrective lenses to prove near vision acuity of Jaeger J-2 at a distance of 12-17 inches. With an eye exam repeated every three years.

Work environment:
While performing the duties of welder/fitter the employee will be exposed to welding smoke, welding fumes, grinding dust, U.V. and I.R. light, heat, penetrating sounds, and elevated decibel levels, hot sparks and spatter, and molten steel.

Education:

GED or High School diploma, Vocational Training in Welding.

Requirements

Education:

High School or GED, Must pass welding tests.