AR-Welder

Merrill Steel; Osceola (AR); In loco; USD 45.000 - 70.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Merrill Steel in Osceola, AR seeks a Welder/Fabricator to join its heavy structural steel team. The role emphasizes flux-core welding, fabricating, laying out, positioning, aligning, and fitting parts for large structural products. Welders must have strong attention to detail and be able to verify pieces for quality against complex prints.

Expect to work 45–55 hours per week with no traveling crews. The position requires ability to read blueprints, follow written welding procedures, and operate

Competenze

• Background in welding and fabrication in heavy structural steel.
• Must pass welding tests (1G, 2G, etc.).

Mansioni

• Position, align, fit, and weld parts to form complete units or subunits per blueprints and layouts.
• Verify conformance of work pieces using squares, rulers, and measuring tapes.
• Lay out and examine metal stock to ensure specifications are met.
• Set up and operate fabricating machines such as brakes, rolls, shears, flame cutters, grinders, and drill presses.

Conoscenze

Flux-core welding

Blueprint reading

Structural steel welding

Fit and alignment

Quality inspection

Formazione

AISC certification

Strumenti

Welding torches

Brakes, rolls, shears

Flame cutters

Grinders

Descrizione del lavoro

Position Description

Position Summary

The Welder/Fabricator role is a key part of the overall production operation of heavy structural steel. The primary duties include flux-core welding, fabricating, laying out, positioning, aligning, and fitting parts for heavy structural steel products. Being AISC certified, it is crucial that the Company’s Welders/Fabricators have significant attention to detail and have the ability to focus on accuracy while checking fabricated pieces assuring quality. There are no traveling road crews. Having experience with complex welding procedures and reading complex prints is highly preferred. Welders are issued air-exchange welding helmets.

Position Requirements

Entry Level Competencies

Pass unlimited 1G weld test

Pass 5/16\" 2F horizontal fillet weld test (destructive and visual)

Able to gauge weld sizes

Able to understand written weld procedures

Able to visually identify 1/2\" multipass horizontal fillet (within 30 days)

Able to repair understand cause(s) of defects and repair defective welds (within 60 days)

Pass unlimited 2G weld test with backer (within 90 days)

Understanding of required preheat procedures.

Ability to adjust welding parameters.

• Ability to work approximately 45 to 55 hours per week.
• Ability to receive feedback and learn from others.
• Position, align, fit, and weld parts to form complete units or subunits, following blueprints and layout specifications, and using jigs, welding torches, and hand tools.
• Verify conformance of work pieces to specifications, using squares, rulers, and measuring tapes.
• Tack-weld fitted parts together.
• Lay out and examine metal stock or work pieces to be processed to ensure that specifications are met.
• Align and fit parts according to specifications, using jacks, turnbuckles, wedges, drift pins, pry bars,

and hammers.

• Locate and mark work piece bending and cutting lines, allowing for stock thickness, machine and
• welding shrinkage, and other component specifications.
• Position or tighten braces, jacks, clamps, ropes, and/or bolt straps, or bolt parts in position for welding or riveting.
• Study engineering drawings and blueprints to determine materials requirements and task sequences.
• Move parts into position, manually or by using hoists or cranes.
• Set up and operate fabricating machines such as brakes, rolls, shears, flame cutters, grinders, and

drill presses to bend, cut, form, punch, drill, or otherwise form and assemble metal components.

• Hammer, chip, and grind work pieces in order to cut, bend, and straighten metal.
• Smooth work piece edges, and fix taps, tubes, and valves.
• Design and construct templates and fixtures, using hand tools.
• Straighten warped or bent parts, using sledges, hand torches, straightening presses.
• Mark reference points onto floors or face blocks and transpose them to work pieces, using measuring devices, squares, chalk, and soapstone.
• Set up face blocks, jigs, and fixtures.
• Remove high spots and cut bevels, using hand files, portable grinders, and cutting torches.

Requirements and Qualifications

• A background in welding.
• Must pass a welding test.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Physical Abilities Lift /Carry

Stand C (Constantly) 10 lbs or less F (Frequently)

Walk F (Frequently) 11-20 lbs F (Frequently)

Sit N (Not Applicable) 21-50 lbs O (Occasionally)

Handling / Fingering C (Constantly) 51-100 lbs O (Occasionally)

Reach Outward F (Frequently) Over 100 lbs N (Not Applicable)

Reach Above Shoulder F (Frequently)

Climb O (Occasionally)

Crawl O (Occasionally)

Squat or Kneel F (Frequently)

Bend F (Frequently)

Push / Pull

12 lbs or less N (Not Applicable)

13-25 lbs N (Not Applicable)

26-40 lbs N (Not Applicable)

41-100 lbs N (Not Applicable)

N (Not Applicable) Activity is not applicable to this occupation.

O (Occasionally) Occupation requires this activity up to 33% of the time (0 - 2.5+ hrs/day)

F (Frequently) Occupation requires this activity from 33% - 66% of the time (2.5 - 5.5+ hrs/day)

C (Constantly) Occupation requires this activity more than 66% of the time (5.5+ hrs/day)

Other Physical Requirements

• Vision (Near, Distance, Peripheral, Depth Perception)
• If it is required on your state driver’s license that corrective lenses are required for driving, we would require you to also use those while operating any rolling stock.
• Sense of Touch
• Ability to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) (Steel toed shoes, metatarsal guards, hearing protection, and safety glasses)

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Work in plant production environment with temperature range from 50 degrees to 100 degrees.

Can be around smoke from welding fumes.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Merrill Steel is committed to equal employment opportunities in all of its policies regarding:

RECRUITING BENEFITS

EMPLOYMENT HIRING TRAINING

PROMOTIONS LAYOFF & RECALL

COMPENSATION

The above policies are administered without regard to race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, national origin, age, handicap, sex, marital status, sexual preference, or, except where sex is a bona fide occupational qualification. The company gives full consideration to the employment of disabled or handicapped persons for work they are qualified to do. Management pledges itself to support and sustain the beliefs and policies outlined in this statement.

The Company encourages initiative and leadership by individuals as the best means to carry out this policy. Violations of this policy will be met with appropriate action.

The Company works with selected agencies and groups to initiate and sustain this policy.

It is the responsibility of each member of management to give this policy full support. It is the duty of each employee to create a job environment conducive to this policy.

The Company considers all qualified minority group applications for all job categories. All sources of employment recruiting are advised of such. All employee job openings state that Merrill Steel is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Where deemed necessary, the Company informs appropriate minority groups and women’s organizations in making the Company’s needs known.

Merrill Steel does not maintain or tolerate facilities that are segregated on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, national origin, age, handicap, sex, marital status, or sexual preference, except where sex is a bona fide qualification.