Back Welder - Weekend Nights

Valmont Industries; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 42,000 - 63,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

401k

Paid time off

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

Valmont Industries is hiring a Back Welder 5 to join our manufacturing team in a safe, production-driven environment. You will weld metal components per layouts and blueprints using GMAW and SAW processes, while maintaining quality and meeting production targets.

The role requires reading weld symbols, WPS, shop drawings, and operating overhead cranes. Candidates must pass safety protocols and lift up to 50 pounds as needed to complete tasks.

Qualifications

• Read weld symbols, WPS and understand flat sheets.
• Able to read and interpret shop drawings.
• Operate overhead cranes and welding equipment safely.
• Read and decipher lab/daily shop forms and records.
• Lift up to 50 pounds and handle manual tasks.

Responsibilities

• Weld metal components to fabricate or repair products per layouts or blueprints.
• Set up, adjust and maintain welding equipment.
• Produce high quality welds using GMAW/SAW processes.
• Read and follow work orders and standard shop forms.
• Ensure safety procedures and PPE are followed.

Skills

Welding

Weld symbols/WPS

Tape measure reading

Overhead cranes

Safety compliance

Manual dexterity

Tools

Workforce Mii

Job description

1950 Industrial Blvd Jasper Tennessee 37347-0438

Why Valmont

We’re Here to Move the World Forward.

Valmont impacts millions of people around the world every day, yet they might not realize the many ways. Our technology is helping feed the growing population, supplying the world with more reliable energy and access to renewables, enhancing connectivity in remote and urban locations to create a sustainable future and so much more. Simply put, Valmont is advancing agricultural productivity and reimagining vital infrastructure to make life better.

Join a Fortune 1000 company that respects hard work, honors diversity and invests in our employees as we focus on creating the world of tomorrow, today. We are the modern workforce.

Are you ready to move the world forward?

A Brief Summary of This Position

The Back Welder 5 position is an individual contributor.

This person must be a highly driven individual that will weld metal components together to fabricate or repair products according to layouts, blueprints, or work orders using a variety of welding equipment.

Essential Functions

• Utilize all safety devices and wear all mandatory personal protective safety equipment.
• Maintain and operate production tooling and fixtures as well as all welding equipment in a safe and secure manner.
• Ability to produce high quality welds by means GMAW arc welding in shop environment
• Perform welding operations requiring a limited amount of planning of work from flat sheet or other written specifications and determine operation sequence while consistently meeting production goals.
• Adjust welding equipment to its prescribed settings.
• Read and complete labor reporting system, standard shop forms and flat sheet
• Daily operation of overhead cranes
• Must be SAW certified
• Other duties as required and/or assigned.

Important Details about the Role

• The employee must maintain safe and productive work environment producing a quality product which is shipped complete and on time to satisfy the needs of the customer.
• The employee has a direct impact on safety, quality, productivity, TME (total manufacturing expenses), and customer satisfaction.
• The employee is responsible for own work.
• Read and decipher flat sheets without assistance and use them to properly weld scheduled work.
• Setup, operate, and perform general maintenance of equipment without difficulty.
• Make mathematical calculations in preparing product or setting up the machinery.
• Ability to work independently the majority of the shift
• This position reports to the Production Supervisor.
• Submit two (2) safety contact cards on a monthly basis
• Actively participate in department LEAN activities and demonstrated performance working in a team environment
• Demonstrate knowledge of Valmont’s quality procedures, standards, and practices

Required Qualifications of Every Candidate (Education, Experience, Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)

• Maintain a safe and productive working environment.
• Wear the required personal protective equipment and follow facility safety regulations.
• This position requires flexibility and the ability to work in different work areas as needed
• Ability to regularly meet or exceed production goals while not sacrificing safety or quality.
• Ability to read weld symbols, WPS (welding procedure specifications) and understand flat sheets.
• The ability to calculate simple mathematics and interpret shop drawings.
• Ability to operate overhead cranes
• Must be able to use and accurately read a tape measure.
• Able to lift, push, pull or tug up to 50 pounds.
• Communicate and interact with coworkers in a positive manner.
• The ability to pay attention to detail and follow work instructions.
• Must be able to square or round product into tolerance
• At least one (1) years of minimum welding experience AWS certified welder operator qualification
• Must have a high awareness for safety at all times.

Highly Qualified Candidates Will Also Possess These Qualifications

• One to two (1 - 2) years of previous, hands-on MIG welding and SAW experience in a production environment
• One to two (1 - 2) years of previous experience in a professional welding position
• Computer Software: Workforce Mii
• Educational Background
• Able to do basic math (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division and fraction conversion)

Benefits

Valmont offers employees and their families a comprehensive Total Wellbeing benefit package to ensure their individual and family’s overall wellness needs are met.

Some offerings are dependent upon the role, work schedule, or location and can include the following:

• Healthcare (medical, prescription drugs, dental and vision)
• 401k retirement plan with company match
• Paid time off
• Employer paid life insurance
• Employer paid short-term and long-term disability including maternity leave
• Work Life Support
• Tuition Reimbursement up to $5,250 per year
• Voluntary programs like tobacco cessation, Type 2 diabetes reversal, one-on-one health coaching, mortgage services and more

Valmont does not discriminate against any employee or applicant in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by law.

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

If you have a disability and require any assistance in filling out the application for employment email [e-mail].

Company Overview

Valmont is here to modernize vital infrastructure and increase agricultural productivity, sustainably and reliably. We galvanize steel to last a century with minimal environmental impact. We modernize irrigation to feed a growing population by utilizing the latest technology. We harden the electrical grid to enable the delivery of reliable power to millions of homes around the world. And we help make communities everywhere safer, cleaner and more connected through our smart infrastructure technology.

Valmont serves two primary markets — agriculture and infrastructure — and seven diverse product lines: Utility, Lighting and Transportation, Telecom, Solar, Coatings, Irrigation and Ag Tech.

We manufacture products in 85 facilities spread across six continents, and we do business in 100 different countries. That’s what Valmont does. We conserve resources and improve life, finding ways to make innovation and technology beneficial in the real world. + That’s the value we add.