Summary:
The welder is responsible for operating appropriate equipment to put together mechanical structures or parts with a great deal of precision, this is important as it provides the foundation for strong infrastructure. They also will repair products that do not meet the customers needs.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Recognize, set up, and operate hand and power tools common to the welding trade, such as shielded metal arc and gas metal arc welding equipment.
- Operate and/or use forklift, cranes, hoists, slings, grinders, cutting touches, hand tools, drills, punches, and instruments of measurement.
- Select and install torches, torch tips, filler rods, and flux, according to welding chart specifications or types and thicknesses of metals.
- Fill holes, cut, contour, and bevel metal plates and structural shapes to dimensions as specified by blueprints, layouts, workorders, and templates.
- Chip or grind off excess weld, slag, or splatter using hand scrappers, portable grinders, or arc-cutting equipment.
- Repair products by dismantling, straightening, reshaping, and reassembling parts as necessary.
- Tig & Mig Weld components using various materials such as Aluminum, Steel, and Invar.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Education and Work Experience:
- Associates or Technical School preferred.
- One to Three years experience with MIG & TIG welding and fabrication processes.
Work Authorization/Security Clearance Requirements:
- This position may require a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
List of needed knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully accomplish the duties and responsibilities of the job.
- Reads and understands blueprints, schematics, and/or measuring devices.
- Follows processes and standard procedures.
- Hands on, get it done attitude.
- Uses hand tools and power tools.
- Work in a high energy, high volume, rapidly changing environment.
- Displays a high level of initiative, effort, and commitment towards completing assignments in a timely manner.
- Achieves thoroughness and accuracy when accomplishing a task through concern for all the areas involved.
- Clear and effective communication skills in both written and spoken forms.
- Understands how to use the computers, including such tasks as turning the computer on and off, locating and opening files, navigate to websites, perform searches, and download files.
- Easy to approach and can build constructive and effective relationships.
- Performs consistently under stressful conditions.
- Cross-functionality in other areas of the aerospace industry.
- Can handle frequent interruptions and can multi-task.
- Analyzes and diagnoses problems and works independently to solve them.
- Inspects equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
- Works collaboratively and build strategic relations with colleagues, coworkers, and contractors.
- Works effectively with different levels of management, team members and customers.
- Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion.
Work Conditions:
Environment Type:
- Indoors. Production Environment. Temperature Controlled. Unless products and/or equipment is located outdoors.
Exposure Types:
- Bloodborne pathogens
- Small and/or enclosed spaces
- Cuts and/or burns
- Dirt, dust, grease and/or oil
- Noisy environment
- Intense bright light
- Extreme cold or heat (non-weather)
- Metal shavings
- Commercial chemicals
Work Hours:
- Standard work schedule, overtime may be necessary for meeting deadlines, required travel, and emergent conditions.
Travel Requirements:
- This position may involve travel up to 10% of the time.
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
- Medium work that includes moving objects up to 50 pounds.
- Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms.
- Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.
- Creates a work environment that promotes and encourages team members’ participation to attain common and individual objectives.
- Operate a motor vehicle, forklift, and/or other heavy equipment.
- Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with whole hand or arm as in handling.
- Prolonged periods working on feet, using tools, and performing repetitive actions that entail frequent bending and stooping.
- Read instructions, operate machines, and inspect parts produced.
- Repeating motions that may include the wrists, hands and/or fingers.
- Visual inspection involving small defects, small parts, and operation of machines.
