As a Welder, you will:
- Fabricate, position, align, fit, and weld parts to form complete units or subunits
- Follow blueprints and layout specifications using jigs, welding torches, and hand tools
- Study engineering drawings and blueprints to determine materials requirements and task sequences
- Move parts into position, manually or with hoists or cranes
- Lay out and examine metal stock or work pieces to be processed to ensure that specifications are met
- Verify conformance of work pieces to specifications, using squares, rulers, and measuring tapes
- Tack-weld fitted parts together
- Remove high spots and cut bevels, using hand files, portable grinders, and cutting torches
- Locate and mark work piece bending and cutting lines, allowing for stock thickness, machine and welding shrinkage, and other component specifications
- Hammer, chip, and grind work pieces to cut, bend, and straighten metal
- Set up face blocks, jigs, and fixtures
- Set up and operate fabricating machines, such as brakes, rolls, shears, flame cutters, grinders, and drill presses, to bend, cut, form, punch, drill, or otherwise form and assemble metal components
- Smooth work piece edges
- Straighten warped or bent parts, using sledges, hand torches, or straightening presses
- Align and fit parts according to specifications, using jacks, wedges, drift pins, pry bars, and hammers
- Design and construct templates and fixtures, using hand tools
- Mark reference points onto floors or face blocks and transpose them to work pieces, using measuring devices, squares, chalk, and soapstone
- Lift or move materials and finished products, using large cranes
- Preheat work pieces to make them malleable, using hand torches
- Erect ladders and scaffolding to fit together large assemblies
Education, Experience, & Skills
- Understanding of structural basics, including rigging, welding, erection, and reinforcements
- Ability to read, understand, and layout to prints
- Ability to operate forklifts and overhead cranes
- High school diploma or GED
- Welding certification(s) (Required)
Ability to commute/relocate:
Morristown, IN 46161: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)
License/Certification
Driver’s License (Required)
Work Location
In person
Physical Requirements
- Good general health
- Good balance, agility, vision and depth perception