Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
• Reads and interprets blueprints and machine drawings to determine specific welding and fabrication requirements.
• Welds in flat, horizontal, vertical or overhead positions.
• Examines weld for bead size and other specifications.
• Must be familiar with welding ferrous and non-ferrous materials
• Repairs broken or cracked parts and fills holes.
• Positions and clamps work pieces together or assembles them in jig or fixtures.
• Tacks assemblies together.
• Cleans or de-greases parts.
• Develops layout and plans sequence of operations for fabricating and assembling metal products, applying knowledge of metal.
• Positions, aligns, fits, and welds together parts, using jigs, welding torch, and hand tools.
• Sets up and operates fabricating machines, such as brakes, rolls, shears, band saws, chop saws, and drill presses.
• Uses hand and power tools to shape and smooth metal and to bend seams.
• Weld and fabricate in the field.
• Periodically overtime and weekend work will be mandatory.