Production Welder

Job Description

Are you looking for an opportunity to be part of a hard-working team that rewards commitment and loyalty? Are you interested in building a career with best-in-class, growing, family-oriented company that delivers on its quality promise? Come join Advance Storage Products where we are looking to add reliable, long-term team members to our thriving environment!

Production Welders join, repair, and fabricate metal components using various welding techniques while ensuring safety and structural integrity. Duties include reviewing job-work orders, blueprints and technical drawings, measuring and cutting metal to specifications, and using welding techniques to join metal parts together. Welders will inspect and test welds for quality, maintain weld equipment, and apply knowledge of metallurgy to ensure proper fusion and structural reliability.

This position will work closely with team members implementing safe, LEAN processes and embracing continuous improvement in the workspace.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Perform welding in a proficient manner utilizing various welding techniques
• Interpret shop drawings, including weld wire symbology.
• Implement knowledge of wire and filler material applications for various steel alloys, aluminum, and galvanized metal.
• Utilize conventional and precision measuring instruments
• Implement process inspection, certification, and documentation as required.
• Maintain welding equipment
• Finish grinding applications using manual and power tools
• Adhere to all safety and housekeeping policies and procedures.

ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Inspect and test welds for quality, and to ensure proper fusion and structural reliability.
• Participate in continuous improvement activities and training
• Keep a clean workspace incorporating LEAN processes
• Adherence to workplace safety regulation, including wearing required PPE at all times on the shop floor
• Live Advance’s core values and behaviors

MINIMUM EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS POSITION:

• High School diploma, or equivalent preferred
• Welding Diploma or applicable years of experience in a welding environment
• Successful completion of an internal welding test

CRITICAL SKILLS REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION:

• Working knowledge of blueprints, standard concepts, practices, and procedures within the metal fabrication industry.
• Working knowledge of fixturing and weld set up parameters
• Understanding of standard measurement tape
• Ability to maintain excellent attendance
• Ability to manage time and meet deadlines
• Ability to function well in a high-paced environment
• Willingness to cross train in other areas

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a teammate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision requirements
• Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs. throughout the 10-hour shift
• Ability to stand for long periods of time
• Ability to work in a confined area
• Must be able to access and navigate each department at the organization’s facilities

Advance Storage Products manufactures engineered to order structural pallet rack systems. Started in 1958 in Southern California and still family-owned today with just under 300 employees, Advance has become the country’s leading manufacturer of pushback systems, producing nearly half of systems sold in the US. Our warehouse pallet racking solutions are used in major installations for many Fortune 500 companies. With a long history of innovation, Advance offers turnkey systems from purchase through installation.

Advance is headquartered in…