PTC is a leading manufacturer and marketer of welded and cold-drawn mechanical steel tubing and tubular shapes, plated bar and tubing, and fabricated parts and precision components.
We at PTC value our employees’ health and wellness. We offer the following:
- Dental
- Vision
- Life Insurance
- 401K plan with company match
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Referral Bonus
- Annual college scholarship available for children & grandchildren of PTC employees
Job Summary:
The Shear Welder is responsible for operating shear welding equipment and material handling systems to prepare steel for mill production, ensuring correct material selection, accurate measurements, and quality standards are met. This role supports mill operations through safe equipment operation, changeover assistance, inspections, and routine maintenance while following all safety and quality procedures.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Reads mill order and steel inventory printouts to find correct steel.
- Retrieves steel, directs crane operator and determines amounts of steel needed to fill the order.
- Takes and records rockwell readings as needed
- Operates shear welder, gantry crane and looper tower safely.
- Assist in changeovers
- Checks strip width and gauge
- Visually inspects strip for defects
- Helps operator make changeovers and learns setups to the best of his/her ability
- Fills gear boxes with oil and greases bearings as directed by mill operator.
- Cleans all areas of the plant when not directed by supervisor to do anything else.
- Performs miscellaneous duties as directed
Quality procedures
- Fw13-004 non-conforming product identification
- Fw09-002 process control for shear welding
- Fw10-009 and FW10-018 Rockwell hardness testing series 600 & 2000
- Fw09-037 Process Control for Shearwelding – Mill 20
- Fw09-048 Mill 1 Shear welder setups (when on mill 1)
- FW09-050 Mill Setup Procedure
Required safety procedures
- Exposure Control Plan
- Haz Communication
- Hearing Conservation
- Hot work program
- PPE
- EAP
- Fire Prevention
- Fire extinguisher training
- Fork truck inspection
- Crane inspection
- Sling and wire rope inspection
- Stacking and lifting procedure
- Compressed gas
- Abrasive wheel machinery
- Confined space entry
- Lockout general (lockout specific procedures are at each piece of equipment)
Number of Direct Reports: None
Job Titles of Direct Reports: None