Welder II

Welder II

Hiring Department: Utilities and Energy Management

Position Open To: All Applicants

Weekly Scheduled Hours: 40

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt from FLSA

Earliest Start Date: Immediately

Position Duration: Expected to Continue

Location: AUSTIN, TX

Purpose: To perform skilled work in an electrical generation, mechanical and electrical utility, and chilling station environment.

Responsibilities:

• Assists plant mechanics in the installation and repair of power plant and chilling station equipment. Works in conjunction with trades or utility personnel. Maintains shop areas, work sites, equipment and tools in a safe and orderly fashion. Identifies, reports, and corrects safety hazards. Perform confined space entries. Perform elevated work and operate cranes, personnel lifts, and forklifts.
• Complies with high standards of workmanship and safety. Accuracy required in all phases of work performed. Demonstrates excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Performs preventative and breakdown maintenance on welding shop equipment and tools, ensuring that they are accounted for, properly serviced, and are free from abuse and neglect.
• Inspect, erect, utilize, and break down scaffolding in support of plant maintenance and operational duties. Clean up work areas and plant areas as required. May report to the PRC Campus.
• Lays out, cuts, fits, and installs various metal types (ferrous and non-ferrous) and assembles structural, pressure containment and piping fitting. Assists plant mechanics in the installation and repair of power plant and chilling station equipment. Estimates material and labor requirements and orders or procures materials. Follows all safety guidelines pertaining to the equipment, vehicles.
• Reads and understands engineering and fabrication drawings, welding procedures, and procedure qualification records. Installs and repairs piping and equipment in accordance with drawings, ASME, AWS, and other appropriate codes. May be required to wear a supplied air or purifying air respirator.
• Responsible for performing certified welding in accordance with the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) pressure containment welding codes and the American Welding.
• Perform other related functions as assigned. Attends staff, safety meetings, plant operation and maintenance training courses. Trains fellow personnel on operational and maintenance procedures as required. Required to carry University cell phone during work and on-call hours. Follows all University and UEM safety policies and procedures, takes required safety training, identifies and reports safety hazards. Performs work tasks in a safe manner, wears the proper personal protective equipment.

Required Qualifications:

• High school graduation or GED.
• Five years of related journey level experience in welding or completion of formal certification welding program.
• Required certification: Employment is contingent on demonstrating the ability to produce sound welds by passing welder performance qualification tests in accordance with the requirements of ASME pressure containment and AWS structural codes as specified by the hiring department.
• Welders must also physically demonstrate that they have retained the skills necessary to continue with.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in an industrial or university physical plant environment.
• Experience with welding power piping and tubes in power boilers.
• Experience with repairing rotating equipment.
• Experience operating cranes, forklifts and personnel lifts.
• Accuracy in all phases of work performed.
• Demonstrate excellent interpersonal communication skills.
• Knowledge of methods, tools, equipment, occupational.

Driving Required: This job requires a class "C" operator's driver's license. The applicant selected must provide a current three year driving record from the current state of residence. If not currently a Texas resident, a Texas driver's license must be obtained within 30 days of becoming a Texas resident.

Salary Range: $60,000

Environmental Demands:

• May work around standard office conditions

Physical Tasks:

• Use of a keyboard and personal computer
• Fine manual dexterity
• May be required to perform elevated work.
• Occasional work from ladders and/or scaffolds.
• May be required to lift up to 50lbs.
• Often required to twist, grasp, push, pull and bend.

Additional Working Conditions:

• May be required to work in confined spaces, tunnels and manholes, and extended shifts including nights, holidays, and weekends.
• Perform elevated work.
• Operate forklifts, personnel lifts, and cranes.
• Participate in on-call program.

Work Shift: 40 hours a week, Monday - Friday 06:00 AM - 02:30 PM.

Required Materials:

• Resume/CV
• 3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor