Welder & Fitter

Duties and Responsibilities:

o Read work orders and manufacturing standards, follows production drawings.

o Understand engineered drawings and blueprints, determine the materials required, and the planning of tasks.

Be able to read and understand weld symbols.

o Understand and carry out our welding procedures, including torches, drills, dye grinders, hammers, levels, plasma cutters and overhead cranes.

o Perform all welding tasks and related fabrication and finishing processes.

o Rig, hoist, and move materials within worksite.

o Understand all quality requirements for products and meet those requirements.

o Perform in-process testing and inspection to ensure parts meet production specifications and standards.

o Inspect for proper quality before proceeding to next steps.

o Detect and report defective materials to the Supervisor and make any adjustments and repairs as required to meet precise specifications.

Perform work on repair units.

o Keep work area clean, organized and work in a careful and safe manner.

o Complete any special projects as required.

May be assigned to other areas of Operations, based on business or customer requirements.

o Willing to work overtime as required.

Communication:

o Use proper call-in procedures.

o Maintain active verbal & written communication with peers and supervisors to ensure safe and effective productivity.

o Have a teamwork attitude; listen, encourage, inspire, and motivate others.

o Be clear and courteous to co-workers, customers, and outside sources.

o Good verbal and written communication skills.

Qualifications and Education Requirements:

o Knowledge in welding industry.

o 1-2 years of welding experience preferred.

o Able to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, assembly, operating and maintenance instructions, blueprints, technical drawing, and procedural manuals.

o Able to work in a quality-production environment; keep a clean workstation, multi-task, meet production deadlines, be organized, detail orientated, dedication, problem solving and teamwork.

Safety and Training Responsibilities:

o Use safety devices, PPE, and other tools to maintain a safe environment.

o Observe health and safety signs, posters, warning signals and written directions.

o Follow safe practices: OSHA, SDS, PPE.

o Work in compliance with all Administrative, H&S policies and safety procedures as per legislative requirements.

o Actively participate in orientation and on-going training programs by the organization.

o Report any real or potential safety/health hazard, practices, &/or conditions to the Supervisor. Report all accidents, incidents or near misses to the Supervisor as well.

o Conduct daily inspections of work area.