Traveling Craftsman​/Welder

Overview

Traveling Craftsman/Welder will work on diverse projects at multiple locations throughout the United States and must be able to adapt to different working environments while ensuring timely and efficient completion of tasks.

• Travel to designated job sites, which may vary in location and duration. Accommodations and travel expenses will be provided.
• Install, dismantle or move machines/processes, structural components, or mechanical mechanism at customer facilities, according to layout plans, blueprints or other drawings.
• Perform millwright work with some degree of proficiency.
• Capable of performing schedule pipe and sanitary tube welding.
• Proficient in welding the following: GMAW, GTAW, FCAW
• Basic understanding of weld quality control, welding code standards and specifications, non-destructive examination and radiography (x-ray testing of welds)
• Lay out and fabricate stairs and handrails.
• Fabricate, repair, and maintain sheet metal items.
• Communicate job progress, issues, and solutions effectively with team members and supervisors.
• Maintain professional relationships with customers and site personnel, providing high-quality work and excellent customer service to foster positive working relationships and repeat business.
• Other duties may be assigned.

Promote and actively embrace the concept of professionalism, with an emphasis on quality, commitment, integrity, ingenuity, teamwork, the community, and the environment. Safety is a deeply rooted cultural value and it must be promoted and enforced at all times.

• Craft I:
  High School Diploma or general education degree (GED) and one (1) to three (3) years related experience and/or equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
• Craft II:
  Associates degree (A.A.) or equivalent from two-year college or technical school and three (3) to six (6) years related experience and/or equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
• Craft III:
  Associates degree (A.A.) or equivalent from two-year college or technical school and five (5) to ten (10) years related experience and/or equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
• Experience reading blueprints.
• Frequent travel and overtime are required, with potential overnight stays or extended assignments at remote locations. Expect 50%-75% travel.

Must be able to pass weld tests in accordance with AWS and ASME codes.

• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work in a very dynamic environment must have flexibility with an ability to focus.
• The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of the conditions that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Regular, predictable, and on-site attendance is an essential function of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.
• Premier Technology is a federal contractor, as such, this position will work on government contracts and requires that you are a US Citizen (not just authorized to work in the US).

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to fly in an airplane or drive long distances. Employee is frequently required to talk, hear, and walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and climb or balance. The job may require climbing of ladders and/or stairs. The employee will often lift heavy pieces of metal, work with arms overhead, torso twist, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk and hear.
  
  The employee is frequently required to stand, often for extended periods; the employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move weight above 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required include strong visual acuity, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception. Long hours (10 or more) are often scheduled, and the job may require overtime and travel.

• Exposed to moving mechanical parts, loud noises, tripping hazards, exposure to sparks, welding arc, and open flame. Occasionally exposed to high, precarious places, fumes or airborne particles, mild industrial chemicals, inclement weather, risk of electrical shock and vibration. The noise level is usually loud.

$60 per day travel per diem and accommodations provided when working at remote locations. All travel and accommodation expenses provided.

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