Description

• Layout, fit, MIG weld, and finish tubular-steel parts with minimal or no supervision according to customer specifications in the allocated time.


• Confirm that all safety measures are in place and operational including welding screens before working.


• Perform daily maintenance and safety checks on welding equipment.


• Measure work-piece dimensions throughout the frame fabrication operation to assure quality and the ability to replicate.


• Recommend improvements to perform the job more efficiently.


• Maintain a log of preventive maintenance on a daily/weekly schedule according to manufacturer recommendations.


• Alert supervisor of any maintenance on daily/weekly schedule according to manufacturer recommendations.


• Observe tool and machine operation to detect work piece defects or welding machine malfunction.


• Notify the supervisor of any problems and suggested changes that will allow jobs to run more efficiently.


• Finishing of welds as specified by work order.

Qualifications

• High-school diploma/trade school certificate or equivalent.


• Ability to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.


• Interpret Job Travelers (work orders)


• Understand cut lists and (BOM) Bill of Materials


• Basic understanding of metallurgy for material used.


• Identify material types and gauges.


• Read job specifications to determine machine adjustments.


• Read Tape Measure, Dial Caliper, Versa Gauge, and other related measuring devices.


• Convert decimals and fractions, related to what shows on the Job Traveler/blueprints.


• Proficiently interpreting mechanical drawings.


• Able to understand material shrinkage and expansion with the use of heat.

• Certified on the battery-operated pallet jack.


• Certified on the over-head crane.


• Certified with welding equipment.