MC TN - Welder

MC TN - Welder

Summary:

Fabricate daily production quantities of metal parts by tasks such as cutting, drilling, grinding and welding.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Operate safety equipment and use safe work habits.
• Lay out, position, align, and secure parts and assemblies prior to assembly/tacking and or welding using prescribed fixtures and proper work procedures
• Operate manual or semi-automatic welding equipment to fuse metal segments, using processes such as, gas metal arc, flux-cored arc, shielded metal arc, and submerged arc welding, within the parameters outlined in work procedures
• 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.
• Examine work pieces for defects and measure work pieces with straightedges or templates to ensure conformance with specifications.
• Monitor welding processes to avoid overheating of parts or warping, shrinking, distortion, or expansion of material.
• Detect faulty operation of equipment or defective materials and notify supervisors.
• Determine required equipment and welding methods via established work procedures and apply proper welding techniques.
• Mark or tag material with proper job number, piece marks, and other identifying marks as required.
• Position and secure work-pieces, using hoists, cranes
• Chip or grind off excess weld, slag, or spatter, using hand scrapers or power chippers, portable grinders, or arc-cutting equipment.
• All duties must be performed in accordance with Malibu's safety policies and procedures.
• Other duties may be assigned.

Qualifications

• Candidate should have a basic welding aptitude, 2 year technical degree or related work experience preferred
• General knowledge of operating power tools and hand tools
• Read and execute fabrication instructions and simple engineering drawings
• Read a tape measure, micrometer, level and other common measuring devices
• Knowledge of welding aluminum and steel with a mig welder
• Basic knowledge of welder operations such as: changing wire, tips, bottles, lines, leads, etc…
• General operating knowledge of bandsaw, ellis bandsaw, speed square

Education and/or

Experience:

Welding Certification or 5+ years' experience in a production welding environment

Language

Skills:

Ability to read and interpret English documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals

Mathematical

Skills:

Ability to accurately read a tape measure. Math functions including but not limited to addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and fractions.

Reasoning Ability:

Ability to identify nonconforming parts to determine pass/fail criteria

Other

Qualifications:

Include Certificates, Licenses, Registrations and other skills/abilities/qualifications not listed above.

Valid Tennessee driver's license; must be able to obtain a Powered Industrial Truck Certification

Physical Demands The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Use the drop down boxes to select the appropriate response to each area.

Continuous/C = 67-100%, Frequent/F = 33-66%, Occasional/O = 33%, None/N

Employee Lifts and/or Carries: type amount of weight in each area

Maximum: 50 (lbs) Frequently: 25 (lbs) Occasionally: 50 (lbs )

Employee uses Hands for repetitive activities:

Employee uses Feet for repetitive activities:

Employee is required to perform these activities:

Work Environment The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job (ie; heat/cold, dust/dampness, height; chemical; noise) PPE requirements are included. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Moving production parts, raw material, toxic or caustic chemicals, sharp objects
• Ambient temperatures
• PPE: safety glasses, ear plugs, gloves and weld spatter protection
• Work days: typical 10 hour workdays, frequent overtime required

Competencies:

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies :

Teamwork:
Balances team and individual responsibilities;
Exhibits objectivity and openness to others' views;
Gives and welcomes feedback;
Contributes to building a positive team spirit;
Puts success of team above own interests;
Supports everyone's efforts to succeed.

Motivation:
Measures self against standard of excellence.

Quality:
Demonstrates…