Welder Helper

The welders helper provides essential support to welders by preparing materials, maintaining equipment, and ensuring a safe work environment. The ideal candidate will have entry level welding experience.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Operate safety equipment, and use safe work habits.
• Monitor the work area for fire hazards (fire watch), maintain a clean workspace, and perform basic preventive maintenance on tools.
• Prepare materials, by cleaning, grinding, and prep metal surfaces using wire brushes, grinders to ensure high quality welds.
• Assist with Equipment Set up; welding machines, lead cables and gas cylinders
• Fit-up: align and clamp work pieces in jigs or fixtures according to blueprints and technical drawings.
• Measure and cut steel to specifications determined by blue print or cut list provided.
• Lay out, position, align, and secure parts and assemblies prior to assembly, using straightedges, combination squares, calipers, and rulers.
• Report non-conforming materials to supervisor.
• Operate forklift, overhead crane, or hoist to move heavy steal plates
• Performs other related duties as required.

Educational and Other Requirements:

• High School diploma or equivalent preferred, but not required.
• Minimum one (1) year work related skill, knowledge, and hands on experience or vocational training preferred, but not required.
• Sensitive to confidential information.
• Must work independently and as a member of team.

Mental and Physical Requirements:

• Able to read, speak and write English.
• Strong physical and mental health to maintain demanding workload.
• Able to work under stressful conditions at times.
• Climbing - able to go up and down stairs.
• Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
• Able to wear common protective or safety equipment such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hearing protection, hard hats when needed, including welding safety equipment.
• Position will consistently dictate 40 hours per week with overtime demands based on the workload requirements.
• Position will require some (6) six day weeks when workload demands, with time off scheduled per current workload and other staff availability.
• Strong work ethics of integrity and honesty strives for excellence in all activities employing accompanying communication.
• Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
• Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
• Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
• Resolving conflicts and other minor problems.
• Dependable, reliable, fulfills responsibilities.

This job description should not be interpreted as an exhaustive list of responsibilities or as an employment agreement between the employer and employee. The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this classification and is subject to change as the needs of the employer and requirements of the job change.

Any essential functions of this position will be evaluated as necessary should an employee/applicant be unable to perform the functions or requirements due to a disability as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Reasonable accommodation for the specific disability will be made for the employee/applicant when possible.

We are an equal opportunity employer and do not make employment decisions based on a person's race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, veteran status, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws.