Structural Welder

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This position involves fabricating and assembling structural steel components using prescribed procedures, industry standards, and detailed drawings. Employees must complete Steel Con's Welder & Fabricator Training Program.

Fit steel parts for structural, plate, and misc. steel assemblies per shop drawings and quality requirements.

• Planning, laying out, and fitting metal components, such as plate stiffeners, stiffened panels, bulkheads, and frames using blueprints or templates and tools while maintaining alignment tolerances.
• Locating and marking reference lines, such as center, buttock, and frame lines.
• Alignment of parts in relation to each other, using jacks, turnbuckles, clips, wedges, and mauls.
• Setting, fitting, and erecting of structural assemblies and modules within alignment tolerances.
• Installing structural foundations and outfit items such as doors, hatches, brackets, and clips.
• May tack weld panels, bulkhead, assemblies, clips, and brackets.
• May roll, bend, flange, cut, and shape plates, beams, and other metal parts using shop machinery, such as ironworkers, plate rolls, presses, and press brakes.
• Ability to follow instructions, written and/or verbal, with little or no supervision.
• Performing other related job duties as assigned in a safe and efficient manner; also, please see physical requirements.
• Other typical duties performed by a fitter.

• Ability to read, write, and perform higher arithmetic computations involving addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of whole numbers, decimals, and fractions.
• Ability to understand and carry out semi-complicated verbal and written instructions.
• Ability to effectively communicate with co-workers and managers.
• Ability to work under periodic supervision focused on the progress of work and setting priorities for job completion.
• Skill in using tape measure or 1" rule.
• Ability to maintain American Welding Society certification on 1-inch plate in flat position using the gas metal arc welding and flux-cored arc welding processes.
• Ability to pass the fillet weld break test using the gas metal arc welding process.
• Ability to pass a Steel Con Inc administered basic welding test that covers shop drawing interpretation, weld symbols, welding processes, weld process symbol interpretation and application, and a visual acuity test.
• Ability to pass a Steel Con Inc administered fitting test that covers shop drawing interpretation, fractional number calculations, basic geometry, etc.
• Ability to interpret, understand, and utilize cutting lists, shop orders, and shop drawings.
• Ability to operate a cutting torch to meet American Welding Society specifications.
• Ability to possess pride in own workmanship, demonstrate attention to detail, and work safely.
• Ability to operate forklifts, jib hoists, and overhead cranes in a safe and proper manner. Use and understand industry and Steel Con Inc adopted hand signals used for crane operations.
• Ability to adjust welder to insure proper feed rate and temperature.
• Ability to multitask.

• Stand CONTINUOUSLY over the course of the 8-to-12-hour work shift.
• Walk CONTINUOUSLY over the course of the 8-to-12-hour work shift. The distances walked will range from a few feet to 60 feet.
• Sit only during the break and lunch periods. Rarely will one be able to sit while welding.
• Lift weights up to 20 pounds from floor to chest CONTINUOUSLY, including the various tools utilized in the process of performing the usual work duties.
• Lift weights up to 35 pounds from floor to waist FREQUENTLY during the 10 to 12-hour work shift.
• Lift weights up to 85 pounds from floor to waist OCCASIONALLY during the 10 to 12-hour work shift. Jib cranes and overhead cranes are available for assistance with lifting.
• Carry weights noted above distances ranging from a few feet to the 60-foot length of the steel beam.
• Push and pull drawers open and closed OCCASIONALLY to FREQUENTLY to retrieve tools. An employee will OCCASIONALLY push a beam attached to a jib crane or overhead crane to properly guide into place. Force varies up to 35 pounds.
• Climb OCCASIONALLY onto beams stacked on sawhorses to guide into place. An employee will OCCASIONALLY climb a ladder of 6 to 10 feet while performing job duties.
• Stoop or crouch on an OCCASIONAL to FREQUENT basis while performing the…