Structural Welder Job Description Template
Our company is looking for a Structural Welder to join our team.
Responsibilities:
- Studies engineering drawings and blueprints to determine materials requirements and task sequences;
- May chip off excess weld, slag and splatter;
- Perform welding work involving a high degree of precision;
- Welding if flat, horizontal, vertical or overhead positions;
- Lifting, moving, and holding or clamping work pieces to table, into jigs, or into position as directed manually or by using pry bar;
- Repairs products by dismantling, straightening, reshaping, and reassembling parts;
- May manually apply filler rod to supply weld metal;
- Candidates will be required to work in confined spaces both on board naval ships and in a shop environment;
- Utilizing FCAW, GMAW, GMAW-P, & SMAW;
- Candidates will also be required to climb up and down ladders and stairs;
- Aligns and fits parts according to specifications, using jacks, turnbuckles, wedges, drift pins, pry bars, and hammers;
- Positions or tightens braces, jacks, clamps, ropes, or bolt straps, or bolt parts in position for welding or riveting;
- Moving work pieces, tools, and supplies, manually or by hand truck;
- Read and understand blueprints, designs and plans;
- Bolts, clamps, and tack-welds parts to secure in position for welding.
Requirements:
- 4 years of experience with Stick, Mig, Tig, Flux Core welding;
- Familiarity with OSHA regulations relative to the shipbuilding industry;
- Four years of NNS or naval shipyard experience as a first-class Welder;
- Must pass weld exams on all positions (Horizontal (2G), Vertical (3G), and Overhead (4G)) FCAW (Flux Core Arc Welding) process;
- High standard of integrity and professionalism;
- Must pass weld exams on all positions (Horizontal (2G), Vertical (3G), and Overhead (4G)) SMAW (Shielded Metal Arc Welding) process;
- All position (Horizontal (2G), Vertical (3G), and Overhead (4G)) FCAW (Flux Core Arc Welding) process;
- 5+ years of ship repair welding experience;
- Drug free at all times;
- Must pass a written and/or practical skills test;
- Being willing to weld thick welds (5/8th);
- Must be willing to travel;
- 3 – 5 years welding work-related experience and/or training is required;
- expected to climb and work in high places that may exceed 200 feet in height and in confined spaces;
- Experience reading blueprints, designs and plans, preferred.