Welder and Fabricator

Welder and Fabricator

Summary: Under Supervision, Welder will apply appropriate welding processes to join, surface, fabricate or repair parts of metal or other weldable materials, as specified by MRP Network, work orders, blueprints, sketches, or acting supervisor.

Essential Duties and Job Responsibilities:

• Performs all tasks in a safe and responsible manner and complies with company policies.
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds frequently.
• Analyze engineering drawings, blueprints, specifications, sketches, work orders, and material safety data sheets to plan layout, assembly, and welding operations.
• Weld steel components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions, ability to ignite torches or start power supplies and strike arcs by touching electrodes to metals being welded, completing electrical circuits.
• Clamp, hold, tack-weld, heat-bend, grind or bolt component parts to obtain required configurations and positions for welding.
• Position pieces to be welded into jigs, holding fixtures, guides and steps using measuring instruments and hand tools.
• Recognize, set up, and operate hand and power tools common to the welding trade, such as shielded metal arc and gas metal arc welding equipment, lay-out, position, align, and secure parts and assemblies prior to assembly, using straightedges, combination squares, calipers, and rulers.
• Prepare all material surfaces to be welded, ensuring that there is no loose or thick scale, slag, rust, moisture, grease, or other foreign matter.
• Mark or tag material with proper job number, piece marks, and other identifying marks as required.
• May perform other duties as assigned by management.

Education and Experience:

• High School diploma or GED desired
• Two years related experience and / or training or an equivalent combination of education and training and experience.

Language Skills:

Effectively communicate and understand job instructions both verbally and written in the English language.

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: $20.00 - $30.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Referral program
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday
• Day Shift 06:30-5:00
• Overtime

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Wamego, KS 66547: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Preferred)

Experience:

• Welders & Fabricators: 1 year (Preferred)
• Welding: 1 year (Required)

Work Location: One location