Fabricator Welder

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* Job Title:

** Fabricator Welder##
** Department:
** MERC##
** College/Division:
** Mercer Engineering Research Center
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** Warner Robins, GA ##
** Job Details:
** Mercer Engineering Research Center (MERC), a research institute of Mercer University, provides high quality engineering, scientific, and technical support services to both government and private industry customers.
The Fabricator Welder provides support to engineers in the areas of mechanical fabrication and prototyping under the supervision of the mechanical chief engineer. Will perform non-repetitive assignments of a complex and difficult nature involving the set-up and fabrication of a wide variety of weldment assemblies, fixtures, and one-of-a-kind components.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Ability to read and interpret technical data packages.
· 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.
· Monitor the fitting, burning, and welding processes to avoid overheating of parts or warping, shrinking, distortion, or expansion of material.
· Lay out, position, align, and secure parts and assemblies prior to assembly to ensure that the end product meets the technical data package requirements.
· Knowledge of relative safety standards and willingness to use protective equipment
· Ability to perform tasks without difficulty and attention to detail.
· Measuring and cutting materials to specifications.
· Check finished work to verify that it falls within tolerances marked on the prints.
· Maintain equipment in a condition that does not compromise safety.
· Maintain a clean, organized work area.
· Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES  
• Ability to execute a wide variety of welding processes on various metal types.  
• Support prototype development activities, working with engineers on the design feasibility of prototype parts to be fabricated.  
• Provide recommendations related to welding methods or processes relative to improving productivity and quality of the prototype parts, components, assemblies, or fixtures.  
• Ability to work from blueprints, rough sketches, computer aided design (CAD) models, engineering drawings, and verbal instructions to fabricate a variety of weldment assemblies, fixtures, and one-of-a-kind components.  
• Makes calculations using handbook formulas to layout jigs and fixtures as required to ensure that the weldment maintains the necessary dimensions throughout the assembly process.  
• Knowledge of welding characteristics of a wide variety of materials including aluminum, steel, copper, brass, and other metals.  
• Ability to perform related fabrication work such as cutting, bending, forming, beveling, notching, etc.  
• Inspects work for conformance to specifications using precision-measuring instruments like micrometers, dial indicators, calipers, and other gauges.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS  
• US Citizenship is required.  
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Security Clearance.  
• Requires a well-rounded knowledge of fabrication and assembly techniques, tools and equipment, materials and shop practices.  
• Requires high school diploma or GED and technical certifications in the respective technical area.  
• Additional requirements may be added as appropriate and as specified in the specific Personnel

Requisition Form.

Final rank will be determined on the qualifications of the selected candidate.  Application must include a cover letter and resume.

BENEFITS OF WORKING AT MERC   MERC is a non-profit research institute of Mercer University, a private university founded in…