Robotic Welder Operator

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Come be an Employee‑Owner of one of the nation’s largest producers of metal roofing and siding! We sell, manufacture, build, and distribute metal building components and packages. Since 1988 we’ve grown to over 13 locations nationwide. We make raving fans of our customers with our “right, on time, every time” commitment.

Commitment to the customer, the company, and each other:

• You are customer‑focused with an eye for detail.
• You are reliable.

• You are an innovative thinker pursuing continuous improvement.
• You embrace teamwork.
• You want to positively make an impact and are open to change.

• Treats others with humility, respect, kindness, honesty, patience, and self‑control.
• You enjoy giving back to your community. We take great pride in the communities we live in, so we give back with our time and talents. Each year you can take paid time off to support a cause close to your heart.

The Robotic Welder Operator sets up, operates, and maintains robotic welding equipment. This position is responsible for robot designing/programming, welding robots, maintaining and troubleshooting, and implementing robotic welding for production. 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 but not limited to 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, on a as needed basis.
• Completes work as directed by plant management.
• Uses/Operates hand and power tools common to the welding trade, such as 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 these meet the required specifications.
• Uses tape measures, squares, protractors, rulers, and other measuring tools to lay‑out, position and align accessories and subassemblies in preparation for the robotic welding process.
• Loads and offloads the robotic welding cell.
• Inspects weld applied in the robotic process and applies all required welds the robot couldn’t apply.
• Uses the proper sequence of operations to execute assembly and welding of the parts as effective as possible, also to maintain/obtain the required geometry and to prevent distortion of weldments; when needed, uses jacks, turnbuckles, wedges and other tools to correct distortions.
• Prepares joints and applies weds 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 tag material with proper job number, piece marks, and other identifying marks.
• Lift or move materials and finished products, manually or with hoists or cranes.

Duties, responsibilities, and activities are not limited to the list above and may change at any time with or without notice.

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