Fitters

Overview

Responsible for fitting structural and miscellaneous steel as needed to complete a job or jobs in a quality and productive manner. Must be able to read and understand blue prints and use bevel, combination squares, operate overhead cranes. Must be able to properly handle materials (flipping and rolling). Must be able to effectively and safely use grinders, hand torches, magnets, bar clamps, etc

Skills and Experience

• MUST BE ABLE TO PASS TAPE MEASUREMENT TEST AND ALSO READ BLUEPRINTS

Operate safety equipment and use safe work habits.

• Weld components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions.

• Analyze engineering drawings, blueprints, specifications, sketches, work orders, and material safety data sheets to plan layout, assembly, and welding operations.

• Lay out, position, align, and secure parts and assemblies prior to assembly, using straightedges, combination squares, calipers, and rulers.

• Examine work pieces for defects and measure work pieces with straightedges or templates to ensure conformance with specifications.

• Recognize, set up, and operate hand and power tools common to the welding trade, such as shielded metal arc and gas metal arc welding equipment.

• Weld separately or in combination, using aluminum, stainless steel, cast iron, and other alloys.

• Clamp, hold, tack-weld, heat-bend, grind or bolt component parts to obtain required configurations and positions for welding.

• Select and install torches, torch tips, filler rods, and flux, according to welding chart specifications or types and thicknesses of metals.

• Ignite torches or start power supplies and strike arcs by touching electrodes to metals being welded, completing electrical circuits.

• Connect and turn regulator valves to activate and adjust gas flow and pressure so that desired flames are obtained.

• Determine required equipment and welding methods, applying knowledge of metallurgy, geometry, and welding techniques.

• Monitor the fitting, burning, and welding processes to avoid overheating of parts or warping, shrinking, distortion, or expansion of material.

• Operate manual or semi-automatic welding equipment to fuse metal segments, using processes such as gas tungsten arc, gas

metal arc, flux-cored arc, plasma arc, shielded metal arc, resistance welding, and submerged arc welding.

• Mark or tag material with proper job number, piece marks, and other identifying marks as required.

Chip or grind off excess weld, slag, or spatter, using hand scrapers or power chippers, portable grinders, or arc-cutting equipment.

• Remove rough spots from work pieces, using portable grinders, hand files, or scrapers.

• Prepare all material surfaces to be welded, ensuring that there is no loose or thick scale, slag, rust, moisture, grease, or other foreign matter.

• Preheat work pieces prior to welding or bending, using torches or heating furnaces.

Benefits

Don't miss this chance to enhance your experience in a production environment while enjoying competitive pay and a comprehensive benefits package.

• Weekly pay
• $5 prescription drugs
• $5 doctor's visit copays
• Free teledoctor service
• Free counseling services
• Life insurance included
• Vision insurance included
• Dental insurance included
• Vacation and holiday pay
• Scholarship Opportunities
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Free legal services
• Our unbeatable employee discount program

Apply now so we can hold a spot for you. We can't wait to talk to you!

--Your Ōnin team