Production Weld Associate

Production Weld Associate

Title: Production Weld Associate

Summary: Set up or operate machines or robots that weld metal components.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Mechanical - Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
• Production and Processing - Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
• Quality Control Analysis - Conducting inspections of products or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
• Equipment Selection - Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.
• Installation - Installing parts to meet specifications.
• Operation Monitoring - Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
• Manual Dexterity - The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
• Visualization - The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.
• Finger Dexterity - The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.

Work Styles/Values:

• Attention to Detail Careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
• Adaptability/Flexibility Open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
• Integrity Honest and ethical.
• Dependability Reliable, responsible, and dependable and fulfilling obligations.
• Initiative Willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
• Cooperation Being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
• Self Control Maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
• Stress Tolerance Accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high stress situation.

Tasks and Activities:

• Occupation Specific Tasks:
• Clean and adjust equipment to maintain efficient operation, using air hoses, cleaning fluids, and hand tools.
• Conduct trial runs before welding; make necessary adjustments to equipment.
• Correct problems by adjusting controls, or by stopping machines and opening holding devices.
• Dress electrodes, using tip dressers, files, emery cloths, or dressing wheels.
• Fill hoppers and position spouts to direct flow of flux, or manually brush flux onto seams of workpieces.
• Inspect, measure, or test completed metal workpieces to ensure conformance to specifications, using measuring and testing devices.
• Load or feed workpieces into welding fixtures.
• Start, monitor, and adjust robotic welding production lines.
• Inform Lead of any abnormalities in their machine operations.
• Generalized Work Activities:
• Handling and Moving Objects - Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
• Controlling Machines and Processes - Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).
• Inspecting Equipment or Material - Inspecting equipment or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
• Detailed Work Activities:
• mark identification onto products or containers
• examine products or work to verify conformance to specifications
• make independent judgment in assembly procedures
• count products or materials
• package goods for shipment or storage
• perform safety inspections in manufacturing or industrial setting
• read work instructions for assembly of products
• test manufactured products or materials
• use hand or power tools
• use precision measuring tools or equipment

Education and Training:

High School diploma or GED

F&P Georgia is a Manufacturing Family! We are a Tier One Supplier of automobile suspension components for Honda, Toyota, and Nissan. It is important to us that our associates achieve a healthy work-life balance. We look forward to meeting you! Come join our F&P Family! ****Equal Opportunity Employer****