Job Description
Job Description
Job Overview:
This role is responsible for performing welding tasks, components, structures, and hardware.
Responsibilities and Duties Required: As an Intermediate Welder for Shapes Precision Manufacturing, a leading manufacturer in the metals industry, you will play a crucial role in our dynamic production team. This position requires a skilled professional with a strong foundation in welding techniques and a commitment to quality and safety. You will be responsible for performing various welding tasks to meet production needs while maintaining the highest standards of workmanship.
\n - Read and interpret blueprints, drawings, and welding process specifications.
\n - Ensure all welds meet or exceed standards for quality and safety.
\n - Operate and maintain welding equipment, ensuring that it is in good working order.
\n - Collaborate with the fabrication team to plan and execute complex welding projects.
\n - Conduct inspections of welds to identify any defects and make necessary adjustments.
\n - Adhere to all safety protocols, including wearing appropriate protective gear.
\n - Participate in continuous improvement initiatives to enhance welding processes and techniques.
\n - Work with welding equipment and other hand tools to assemble components as instructed by Operation Process Sheets.
\n - Use fixtures to weld components and assemblies.
\n - Bench & straighten welded parts while maintaining the quality of the weldment.
\n - Determine weld heat pattern methods and sequences.
\n - Follow weld schedules and inspect per requirements.
\n - Operate sizer machines and automatic welder, develop programs, and optimize set-ups.
\n - Perform welding operations using various welding materials including Inconel, steel, stainless steel, aluminum, and exotic materials.
\n - Develop manual weld schedules to meet customer requirements.
\n - Weld Inconel, steel, stainless steel, aluminum and exotic materials.
\n - Recognize, understand, and use the correct fixtures required to build parts.
\n - Welds must pass X-Ray/Class A.
\n - Complete documentation accurately and scan on/off shop orders correctly.
\n - Maintain a clean and safe work environment and contribute to Shapes' 6S program and Lean concepts and initiatives.
\n - Comply with all quality policies, specifications, regulations, and instructions.
\n - Perform other related duties as required.
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Qualifications and Skills Required: \n - High school diploma or equivalent; technical or vocational training in welding preferred.
\n - Must pass required qualifications test.
\n - Minimum of 5 years of experience in welding, with proficiency in various welding techniques.
\n - Certification in welding from a recognized institution is highly desirable.
\n - Welds must be able to pass X-Ray/Class A.
\n - Strong understanding of metallurgy and the properties of different metals.
\n - Ability to read and interpret technical documents and drawings.
\n - Good manual dexterity and hand-eye coordination.
\n - Excellent written and verbal communication skills are required.
\n - Ability to work independently or in a team environment.
\n - Ability to read and follow company processes, policies, weld symbols, blueprints and procedures.
\n - Ability to stay focused, adapt to change, and pay close attention to detail.
\n - Ability to perform mid-level math skills efficiently and accurately (including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division using whole numbers, fractions, and decimals)
\n - Ability to use various inspection equipment. (Calipers, Micrometers, gage pins and height gages etc.)
\n - Ability to pass annual eye exam which is required to maintain certifications.
\n - Ability to multitask and work effectively and efficiently to shop order standards.
\n - Must be able to communicate and read English proficiently.
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Job, Working Conditions and Physical Requirements Physical Demands: \n - Must be able to lift, move, transport and load items across the building up to 50 pounds at times.
\n - While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to remain in a stationary position and constantly re-position self to perform required tasks.
\n - May be required to work on slippery and uneven surfaces.
\n - May be exposed to physical hazards from moving equipment, heavy equipment, and machine parts.
\n - Specific coordination is necessary to operate computers and various pieces of equipment.
\n - May work in close proximity to others.
\n - Must wear protective clothing and gear as specified, including (but not limited to) steel toed shoes and protective eyewear.
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isual Acuity: \n - Ability to pass annual eye exam which is required to maintain certifications.
\n - Visual acuity of 20/20 or corrected.
\n - Close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus.
\n - Ability to read computer screen and documents.
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Hearing Ability: \n - Normal hearing or corrected to normal.
\n - Ability to monitor machine sounds to identify and diagnose changes to take appropriate action.
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Working Conditions: \n - Factory environment.
\n - Occasional work outside normal business hours.
\n - High noise levels from operating machines.
\n - Physical hazards from moving equipment and machine parts.
\n - Breathing fumes, dust, and mist.
\n - Skin exposure to chemicals associated with manufacturing.
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