Welder Lead - 1st shift

Job Description

Job Description

Summary

Under the direction of the Fabrication Supervisor, and in addition to the Welder position duties, the Lead Welder oversees the team ensuring that goals and objectives are met. The lead welder also welds components to assemble structural forms according to blueprints.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

This list of duties and responsibilities is not all inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties and responsibilities as management may deem necessary from time to time.

• Lead responsibilities: 
• Oversees and inspects the welding team’s work, ensuring quality standards and production goals are met.
• Trains and mentors employees; assigs and directs work; provides input for performance appraisals; addresses complaints and resolves problems.
• Analyzes engineering drawings, blueprints, specifications, sketches, work orders, and material safety data sheets to plan layout, assembly, and welding operations
• Lay out, position, align, secure parts, and assemblies prior to assembly using straightedges, combination squares, calipers, and rulers
• Selects proper tooling and fixturing for job. Plans sequence of steps to perform duties
• Interpret weld symbols
• Assembles metal parts or products
• Prepares all material surfaces to be welded, ensuring that there is no loose or thick scale, slag, rust, moisture, grease, or other foreign matter
• Operates various welding, soldering or brazing equipment. Operates hoist, cranes, riggings, dollies and trucks to move equipment from one location to another
• Cleans work pieces or finished products
• Marks or tags material with proper job number, piece marks, and other identifying marks as required.
• Uses various precision measuring equipment to check work
• Examines/measures work pieces for defects and with straightedges or blueprints to ensure conformance with specifications
• Correctly fills out all paperwork associated with your job per procedure
• Completes job to specifications and in a timely manner
• Complies with all safety and sanitation regulations
• Performs other manufacturing duties as assigned

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience

• High school diploma or equivalent required; or demonstrated extensive welding experience
• Welding certification desired
• 3+ years of related experience with .045 wire welding recommended 
• CWI preferred

Other skills

• Strong mechanical aptitude and understanding of manufacturing process
• Previous OSHA safety training and strong safety aptitude
• Strong interpersonal and teambuilding skills– ability to work well with individuals from diverse backgrounds and experiences 
• Ability to read, understand and interpret manufacturing documents – including blueprints
• Working knowledge using a tape measure 
• Working knowledge of Continuous Improvement practices and procedures – preferably Lean Manufacturing and 6S
• Proficient using Microsoft Office. Advanced Excel skills preferred
• Ability to meet deadlines while maintaining a high level of accuracy in a multi-task environment

Language Skills

Ability to read and comprehend instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, production schedules, maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to communicate effectively with other employees of the organization. Bilingual English/Spanish helpful, but not required.

Mathematical Skills

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, common fractions and decimals.  

Reasoning Ability

Ability to apply commonsense understanding to carry out instruction provided in written, oral, or diagram form.  Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, and talk or hear. Use hands to finger, handle, or touch objects, tools, or controls. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, carrying and moving parts, materials, and product

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This position works in a manufacturing environment. While performing the duties of this job, the employee frequently works near moving mechanical parts. Personal protection equipment required.