Welder, Marathon Equipment

Welder

This position is responsible for welding/assembling metal parts together in the manufacturing area.

Roles and Key Responsibilities:

• Receives and checks parts lists from department supervisors for parts to be welded/assembled daily.
• Manually operates welding equipment to assemble products on Container, Small Container, VIP, Baler, A-Pad Mounting, Small and Large Packer, M-1000, Special Products, dewatering units, and Final Cleaning Mate Lines.
• Examines parts and measures dimensions for conformance to blueprints specifications using tape measure.
• Chips or grinds out holes, bubbles, or cracks in parts preparatory to filling with weld.
• Cleans grease or corrosion from parts, using wire brush or grinder.
• Camps broken metal parts together with jig/vice and welds pieces using gas-welding process according to type and thickness of metal.
• Receives parts from Fabrication Department and welds into sub-assemblies. Welds sub-assemblies into final products.
• Visually inspects parts during welding process to ensure quality.
• Records and maintains inventory of parts used on lines daily.
• Completes inspection form on products and submits to Technical Service Department.
• Manually transports metal parts up to 40 pounds to/from storage area daily.
• Performs minor maintenance duties on welding equipment. Includes changing tips, gas diffusers, gas lines, rollers, etc.
• Observes all safety regulations and reports any unsafe working conditions to supervisor.
• Performs other various duties as may be assigned.

Requirements:

Education: Requires a High School diploma or GED.

Knowledge: Requires ability to understand general arithmetic; ability to write in an understandable manner; understand verbal or written instructions; ability to read and understand instructions, lists and billing materials; use PC based applications, including Mainstar, Outlook, and Microsoft Office, knowledge normally acquired through high school or equivalent experience.

Mental: Requires normal attention with periods of high concentration intermittently to operate machinery approximately 50% of time.

Physical: Requires walking/standing approximately 70%, lifting up to 40 pounds approximately 15% of time; involves repetitive overhead work approximately 10% of time; involves repetitive stooping, forward bending and crouching approximately 5% of time.

Manual Dexterity: Requires use of hands, arms and feet for repetitive lifting; use of hands and arms to operate all manufacturing equipment, meters, chains hoists, automatic drills and general hand tools and to record written information.

Audible Demands: Requires ability to follow verbal instructions and to hear for safety purposes.

Visual: Requires the ability to visually observe essential functions for satisfactory job performance and safety; color and depth perception required.

Environmental: Involves exposure to plant environments with the presence of dust, fumes, noise, and fluctuating temperatures due to lack of climate control.