2nd Shift TIG Welder — Precision Fabrication

flir; Portsmouth (NH); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Teledyne DGO is seeking an experienced 2nd Shift Welder to support fabrication, assembly, tooling, and manufacturing operations in a high-precision environment. You will perform TIG welding, brazing, soldering, fitting, and assembly while ensuring compliance with engineering specs, quality requirements, and safety standards.

The ideal candidate has strong welding and fabrication skills, blueprint reading, and experience in a regulated manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Certified TIG Welder preferred.
• Minimum 5 years of welding and fabrication experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience with stainless steel, aluminum, nickel alloys, or other specialty metals preferred.
• Brazing and soldering experience preferred.
• Experience with tooling, fixture fabrication, and mechanical assembly is highly desirable.
• Experience working in aerospace, defense, precision manufacturing, or other highly regulated industries preferred.

Responsibilities

• Read, interpret, and work from blueprints, engineering drawings, work instructions, weld symbols, and specifications.
• Review and verify dimensions and tolerances on drawings to determine proper setup methods and work operation sequences.
• Layout, position, align, and secure parts and assemblies using rulers, straightedges, calipers, combination squares, fixtures, and templates.
• Prepare components for welding by cleaning, grinding, cutting, deburring, fitting, and assembling parts.
• Perform TIG welding, brazing, soldering, and other approved welding processes on stainless steel, nickel alloys, aluminum, and other specialty materials.
• Weld components in flat, horizontal, vertical, and overhead positions as required.
• Clamp, hold, tack weld, heat bend, grind, or bolt components to obtain required configurations and positions for welding.
• Operate manual and semi-automatic welding equipment in accordance with approved welding procedures.
• Recognize, set up, and operate hand tools, power tools, grinders, cutting equipment, fixtures, and fabrication equipment commonly used in the welding trade.
• Monitor fitting, burning, and welding processes to minimize distortion, shrinkage, warping, or overheating of materials.
• Examine completed weldments and assemblies for defects and compliance with quality standards.
• Utilize precision measuring equipment to verify conformance of completed work to specifications.
• Select, align, and secure fixtures, tooling, materials, and equipment necessary to perform required operations.
• Fabricate weldments, special fixtures, tooling, production aids, and custom assemblies as required.
• Assist in the manufacture, modification, and repair of jigs, fixtures, gauges, machine tools, dies, and production tooling used in manufacturing operations.
• Detect faulty operation of equipment, tooling, or materials and promptly notify supervision of concerns.
• Identify and correct minor equipment malfunctions and perform routine equipment adjustments as authorized.
• Adjust machine and equipment settings as required to ensure product quality and adherence to specifications.
• Verify that all work complies with engineering, workmanship, quality, and customer requirements.
• Complete required production, quality, and traceability documentation accurately and timely.
• Confer with supervisors, production personnel, manufacturing engineers, quality personnel, and programmers to resolve fabrication or assembly issues.
• Maintain welding certifications and qualifications required for assigned work.
• Support continuous improvement, safety initiatives, cost-reduction efforts, and lean manufacturing activities.
• Maintain a clean, organized, and safe work environment.

Skills

Blueprint reading

Welding

Precision measuring

Teamwork

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Certified TIG Welder (preferred)

Tools

Welding equipment

Calipers

Micrometers

Job description

Teledyne DGO is seeking an experienced 2nd Shift Welder to support fabrication, assembly, tooling, and manufacturing operations in a high-precision environment. You will perform TIG welding, brazing, soldering, fitting, and assembly while ensuring compliance with engineering specs, quality requirements, and safety standards.

The ideal candidate has strong welding and fabrication skills, blueprint reading, and experience in a regulated manufacturing environment.