Welder

Job Description

Established in 1999, Onyett Fabricators is a dedicated shop providing fabrication and field services, welding,
and other structural metalwork for the coal, aggregate, and construction industries.

The Welder uses hand-welding or flame-cutting equipment to weld or join metal components or to fill holes, indentations, or seams of fabricated metal products.

• Operates safety equipment and uses safe work habits while performing his job function.
• Welds components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions.
• Ignites torches or starts power supplies and strikes arcs by touching electrodes to metals being welded, completing electrical circuits.
• Detects faulty operation of equipment or defective materials and notifies supervisors.
• Clamps, holds, tack-weld, heat-bend, grind or bolts component parts to obtain required configurations and positions for welding.
• Operates manual or semi-automatic welding equipment to fuse metal segments, using processes such as gas tungsten arc, gas metal arc, and flux-cored arc, plasma arc, and shielded metal arc, resistance welding, and submerged arc welding.
• Monitors the fitting, burning, and welding processes to avoid overheating of parts of warping, shrinking, distortion, or expansion of materials.
• Examines work pieces for defects and measures work pieces with straightedges or templates to ensure conformance with specifications.
• Welder recognizes, set up, and operates hand and power tools common to the welding trade, such as shielded metal arc and gas metal arc welding equipment.
• Will lay out, position, align, and secure parts and assemblies prior to assembly, using straightedges, combination squares, calipers, and rulers

Required Skills

High school diploma or equivalent.

Basic mechanical knowledge required. One year machinist experience and/or machine trades technical schooling preferred.

Ability to read, write, and comprehend basic written and verbal instructions.

Ability to understand, perform, and retain various job-related training, operational, and safety procedures.

Ability to operate overhead cranes, fork lift trucks, and other equipment preferred.

Must Pass pre-employment testing.