WELDER (San Antonio, TX) - Austin Bridge & Road

Welder (San Antonio, TX)

Austin Bridge & Road, Inc. is currently seeking an experienced welder. This person must be able to join metal parts, such as pipe or metal plates as specified by layout, blueprints, work orders, welding procedures or oral instructions through the application of heat or electric arc-welding equipment. Other duties may be assigned.

Specific duties and responsibilities include:

• Using spot welding gun or hand, electric, or gas welding equipment to weld or tack weld pieces together.
• Uniting pipes from torch to tanks of oxygen and fuel gas and turning valves to release mixture.
• Reaching expected temperature, size, and color of flame by burning torch and adjusting flow of gas and air.
• Preheating work pieces for the preparation of welding or curving, using torch.
• Filling holes or correcting mistakes in lead pieces and making bulges thin and curves in metal work pieces.
• Checking the weakness of work pieces and measuring work pieces with straightedge or template to ensure the piece meets specifications.
• Climbing up ladders or working on scaffolds to take apart textures.
• Giving signal to crane operator to lift large work pieces.
• Using thermal-cutting equipment such as flame-cutting torch or plasma-arc equipment to dismount metal assemblies or cut scrap metal.
• Using hoist, crane, wire and banding machine, or hand tools to place and protect work pieces.
• In order to protect the torch, choosing place of weld based on type, thickness, area, and expected temperature of metal.
• Instructing and bringing flame or electrodes on or across work piece to straighten, curve, dissolve, or develop metal.
• Joining pieces together, covering up taut points, and adding metal to develop parts.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications required for this position include:

Education no minimum education requirements.

Experience 3-5 years of journeyman level experience.

• Must have tools for the trade and be able to provide a personal tool list.
• No per diem and no relocation funding.
• Must pass drug screening.
• Must pass background check.
• Applicants must be legally authorized to work for any employer in the United States. Austin Bridge & Road is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position.

Benefits & Compensation

Austin Bridge & Road is an equal opportunity employer.

About Austin Bridge and Road

A leader in the heavy highway and transportation industry for more than 100 years, Austin Bridge & Road delivers asphalt and concrete services, and builds landmark projects such as complex highway interchanges, tollways, runways, bridges, rail projects, and water/wastewater facilities.

No third-party inquiries please

This company does not accept and will not consider unsolicited resumes or any other unsolicited candidate information submitted to the company or any of its employee-owners by staffing agencies, search firms, or third-party recruiters in response to a posted vacancy. The company will not pay any placement fee(s) without a written agreement to do so (i.e., payment must be required pursuant to the terms of a written agreement). Any unsolicited resumes or candidate information submitted to this company or any of its employee-owners becomes the property of the company.

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