Maintenance Welder Technician

Job Description

Position: Maintenance Welder Technician

Primary

Location:

Celina, TX

Shift: Monday to Friday

Reports to: Operations Manager

Compensation: $37/Hour

The range shown reflects the targeted pay scale. Actual pay within the range depends on work location and factors such as skills, experience, and education. Specific salary details can be discussed during the hiring process. Posted compensation reflects base salary only and excludes bonuses, benefits, pension contributions, and other incentives.

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About this Role and About You

Maintenance Welder Technician is responsible for supporting and assisting the Maintenance Manager in maintaining the facility in a safe and environmentally friendly manner, carry out the priorities identified by the Maintenance Manager and Maintenance Lead while maintaining the capacity to accomplish secondary and tertiary routine maintenance and repair items with little to no supervision. You will be an active participant in effective collaboration between the team and management.

Leadership skills are needed to aid in direction, training and comradery of the maintenance team.

Welding duties include fabrication of structures, piping, and supports to include both controlled environment and field welding. Repair and restoration of industrial equipment. Equipment includes industrial machinery supporting site specific equipment including pumps, gearboxes, conveyors, valves, support structures and other various piping system components.

Due to the hazardous nature of the chemicals being handled and stored, this position requires an extremely safety conscientious individual with a highly developed safety attitude and safety focus combined with the ability to demonstrate a high and sustainable focus on attention to detail

Qualification

Knowledge

• 8-10 years of hands‑on experience in a chemical plant / refinery / process industry as a maintenance technician working on pumps, compressors, pressure vessel, tanks, piping, steel structure, supports, experience in reading P&IDs and piping isometrics, blueprints.
• Proficient in Stick, MIG, and TIG welding (Certification by American Welding Society is a significant benefit)
• Must be able to pipe fit/fabricate and weld (TIG) stainless steel pipe and associated support structures
• General weld repair of equipment
• Experienced with GMAW, GTAW and SMAW welding process and equipment
• Knowledge of reliability based preventative and corrective maintenance concepts

Competencies

• Proficient use of hand tools, power tools, and measuring equipment.
• Technical and logical competency regarding safety and production equipment.
• Respectful of team members and provide role modeling of all company values
• Experience in plant operations, repair, safety, quality, and environment procedures and tasks
• Commitment to safety principles and operational efficiency
• Punctual, reliable, and responsible
• Basic computer skills including Microsoft Office
• Open to learning and improving skills as a leader
• Ability to communicate clearly, explain and organize tasks with personnel
• Ability to multitask
• Conduct duties with a high level of positivity
• Decisiveness in decision making

Key Responsibilities

• Accomplish maintenance evolutions, in support of the Maintenance Manager and Maintenance Lead, performing all work as a cohesive crew which troubleshoots together, learns together, and safely & efficiently operates the plant
• Plumbing, pipe fitting, assembles, installs, maintains pipe systems, pipe supports, and related hydraulic and pneumatic equipment for steam, hot water, heating, cooling, lubricating, sprinkling,
• and industrial production and processing systems, applying knowledge of system operation, and following blueprints: allowing for conformance to specifications, holes, and obstructions.
• Maintains hydraulic and pneumatic equipment, and repairs and replaces gauges, valves, pressure regulators, and related equipment used in plant processes.
• Assembles and installs a variety of metal and nonmetal pipes, tubes, and fittings, including iron, stainless steel, steel, Teflon, copper, and plastic. Connects…