Flowood
Job DescriptionDescription: Department: Operations FLSA Status: Non-Exempt Grade/Level: Job Type: Regular Work Schedule: Flexible Schedule Job Status: Full Time Reports To: Shop Foreman Amount of Travel Required: None Positions Supervised: None POSITION SUMMARY Use hand-welding or flame-cutting equipment to weld or join metal components or to fill holes, indentations, or seams of fabricated metal products. Weld per AISC D1.1 per drawings in a quality and productive manner. Essential Functions Statement(s) • Weld components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions., • Operate safety equipment and use safe work habits., • Lay out, position, align, and secure parts and assemblies prior to assembly, using straightedges, combination squares, calipers, and rulers., • Examine workpieces for defects and measure workpieces with straightedges or templates to ensure conformance with specifications., • 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., • Weld separately or in combination, using aluminum, stainless steel, cast iron, and other alloys., • Clamp, hold, tack-weld, heat-bend, grind, or bolt component parts to obtain required configurations and positions for welding., • Select and install torches, torch tips, filler rods, and flux, according to welding chart specifications or types and thicknesses of metals., • Ignite torches or start power supplies and strike arcs by touching electrodes to metals being welded, completing electrical circuits., • Connect and turn regulator valves to activate and adjust gas flow and pressure so that desired flames are obtained., • Determine required equipment and welding methods, applying knowledge of metallurgy, geometry, and welding techniques., • Monitor the fitting, burning, and welding processes to avoid overheating of parts or warping, shrinking, distortion, or expansion of material., • Operate manual or semi-automatic welding equipment to fuse metal segments, using processes such as gas tungsten arc, gas metal arc, flux-cored arc, plasma arc, shielded metal arc, resistance welding, and submerged arc welding., • Analyze engineering drawings, blueprints, specifications, sketches, work orders, and material safety data sheets to plan layout, assembly, and welding operations., • Mark or tag material with proper job number, piece marks, and other identifying marks as required., • Chip or grind off excess weld, slag, or spatter, using hand scrapers or power chippers, portable grinders, or arc-cutting equipment., • Remove rough spots from workpieces, using portable grinders, hand files, or scrapers., • Prepare all material surfaces to be welded, ensuring that there is no loose or thick scale, slag, rust, moisture, grease, or other foreign matter., • Preheat workpieces prior to welding or bending, using torches or heating furnaces., • Develop templates and models for welding projects, using mathematical calculations based on blueprint information., • Position and secure workpieces, using hoists, cranes, wire, and banding machines or hand tools., • Guide and direct flames or electrodes on or across workpieces to straighten, bend, melt, or build up metal., • Detect faulty operation of equipment or defective materials and notify supervisors., • Clean or degrease parts, using wire brushes, portable grinders, or chemical baths., • Cut, contour, and bevel metal plates and structural shapes to dimensions as specified by blueprints, layouts, work orders, and templates, using powered saws, hand shears, or chipping knives., • Repair products by dismantling, straightening, reshaping, and reassembling parts, using cutting torches, straightening presses, and hand tools., • Fill holes and increase the size of metal parts., • Check grooves, angles, or gap allowances, using micrometers, calipers, and precision measuring instruments., • Operate metal shaping, straightening, and bending machines, such as brakes and shears., • Set up and use ladders and scaffolding as necessary to complete work., • Hammer out bulges or bends in metal workpieces., • Dismantle metal assemblies or cut scrap metal, using thermal-cutting equipment such as flame-cutting torches or plasma-arc equipment., • Signal crane operators to move large workpieces., • Use fire suppression methods in industrial emergencies., • Estimate materials needed for production and manufacturing and maintain required stocks of materials., • Join parts such as beams and steel reinforcing rods in buildings, bridges, and highways, bolting and riveting as necessary., • Gouge metals, using the air-arc gouging process., • Mix and apply protective coatings to products., • Operate brazing and soldering equipment. Requirements: SKILLS & ABILITIES Education: High School Graduate or General Education Degree (GED): Required Experience: 1 plus years of experience in Welding Certifications & Licenses: Must be a certified welder per AISC D1.1 Other Requirements: