Job Title: Weld Technician
Reports to: Supervisor at specified Business Unit
FLSA Status: NON-EXEMPT
Schedule: Monday through Thursday (2:00pm - 12:00am Monday-Thursday) Overtime as needed.
Job Summary:
Looking for a self-motivated individual with a positive attitude towards production. Commitment to effort, attitude, and trust in the workplace.
Primary duties and responsibilities:
- Providing hands-on production support in the welding department.
- Assisting with resistance welding machine set up and troubleshooting.
- Robotic weld cell fixture change overs and troubleshooting Fanuc weld programs.
- Manual MIG welding support (power supply set up, changing liners, nozzles, torches, weld wire, etc.)
- Quality assurance checks – recognize weld defects and determine necessary corrective adjustments to equipment and/or weld parameters.
- Identify issues with welding equipment operation.
- Working with maintenance and tooling departments to design, build, and repair welding fixtures.
- Complete all PM documentation for welding equipment and fixturing as assigned.
- Report wear to the proper channels for escalation of repair.
- Help maintain and create documentation of welding parameters and machine settings in a readily accessible and organized manner.
Education, prior work experience and specialized skills and knowledge:
- High School diploma or equivalent is required.
- Must have shift and over-time flexibility including some weekends.
- Ability to bypass fixtures and controls of a robotic/projection weld cell.
- Ability to make robotic well cell adjustments as needed.
- Ability to perform full setup and tear down functions for resistance welding machines and robotic welders including fixturing as necessary.
- Understand and operate general tools, such as wrenches, drivers and pneumatic tools.
- Capability to arc weld steel and aluminum.
- 2 years’ experience or equivalent certifications in a welding manufacturing environment.
- Strong understanding of Arc welding and resistance welding processes.
- Experience with FANUC robot programming.
- Strong analytical and reasoning abilities.
- Ability to lift 50lb’s on a routine basis.
- Manipulate medium to large objects, materials, or tools on a routine basis.
Physical environment/working conditions:
The position is in the factory and could involve sitting, standing, walking and lifting for long periods of time throughout the day.