Structural Steel Fitter​/Welder

Structural Steel Fitter/Welder – Central States

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Provides “Right. On Time. Every Time.” products and customer service, both to external and internal customers, within company standards.

• Follows all plant safety procedures and uses all applicable personal protective equipment (PPE). Holds other team members accountable for following all safety procedures, environmental control, process control and quality control practices.
• Follows all setup procedures and work instructions as documented in the Operations System.
• Reports all machinery issues to Maintenance promptly.
• Cleans and resets work area at the end of each shift, including sweeping the floor, placing items in the proper storage area, stacking pallets, restocking packaging, and dumping trash.
• Accurately updates all records and visual tracking, whether written or electronic.
• Cross‑trains as directed and is willing to work at any production position in the plant, as needed.
• Completes work as directed by plant management.
• Uses and operates hand and power tools common to the welding trade, including welding machine power sources, wire feeders, welding guns, air carbon arc gouging, oxy‑fuel equipment, plasma cutters, angle grinders, needle guns, plate clamps, etc.
• Interprets engineering shop fabrication drawings, fabrication standards, sketches and other specifications to plan layout, assembly and welding operations.
• Inspects subassemblies and accessories visually and dimensionally to verify they meet required specifications.
• Uses tape measures, squares, protractors, rulers, and other measuring tools to lay out, position and align accessories and subassemblies prior to welding.
• Uses the proper sequence of operations to execute assembly and welding of the parts as effective as possible, maintaining required geometry and preventing distortion of weldments; when needed, uses jacks, turnbuckles, wedges and other tools to correct distortions.
• Prepares joints and applies welds as per applicable WPS and fabrication shop drawings.
• Cleans welds and adjacent areas removing spatter, slag, silicon islands as per welding code, applicable standards and customer specifications.
• Visually inspects welds to ensure compliance with shop fabrication drawing and acceptance criteria in applicable welding codes.
• Marks or tags material with proper job number, piece marks and other identifying marks.
• Lift or move materials and finished products, manually or with hoists or cranes.

• Ability to operate assigned task and cross‑train in at least two additional work tasks.
• Demonstrates excellent interpersonal and teamwork skills.
• Customer‑ and detail‑oriented.
• Exhibits a continuous improvement mindset with the ability to verbalize ideas for process and workflow improvements.
• Ability to use/read common measuring tools in the welding trade such as tape measures, squares, protractors, fillet weld gauges, V‑WAC gauges, cam‑bridge gauges, do basic mathematical calculations, and use a calculator.
• Ability to interpret welding symbols.
• Ability to learn production operations.
• Consistently exhibits and displays the company’s values of “Own It. Can Do. Act in Love.”
• Own It – Commitment to customer, company, and each other.
• Can Do – Team player, open to change, and pursuing continuous improvement.
• Act in Love – Treating others with humility, respectfulness, kindness, honesty, patience, and self‑control.

• Basic MIG/GMAW welding skills with up to one year of hands‑on welding experience, or completion of an associate’s degree in welding.

The noise level in the work environment and job sites can be loud and in a non‑temperature‑controlled environment with exposure to outside weather conditions. While performing the core function of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk, walk, hear, stand for long periods of time, lift/push/pull items up to 55 lbs. This position is primarily working around machinery with moving parts, working around moving objects or vehicles.

The employee is frequently required to use hands to…