Brazer

Lincoln Electric; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO

Paid holidays

401(k) matching

HSA

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Loan repayment programs

Pay progression scale

Job summary

Lincoln Electric is seeking an entry-level brazing operator to join the Carthage, TN manufacturing team. The role focuses on preparing and braising fabricated tube assemblies to customer specifications, with a strong emphasis on safety and quality. Overtime and relocation are not available.

Work hours are first shift, and the position offers a pathway to learn the brazing process, quality control collaboration, and advancement within a safety-conscious environment.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Demonstrates customer focus and ownership.
• Team collaboration and integrity are essential.
• Uses sound judgment in decision-making.
• Strives to achieve quality results while upholding safety.

Responsibilities

• Set-up and assembly of parts for brazing operation.
• Brazing tubes to customer specification using a brazing torch and applicable alloys and flux products.
• Inspect all work ensuring brazed quality and leak-free performance.
• Collaborate with the quality control inspector on nonconforming parts.
• Maintain a safe work area by following safety guidelines and wearing PPE.
• Perform other duties as directed by management.

Skills

Customer focus

Ownership

Team player

Sound judgment

Quality results

Safety awareness

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

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Lincoln Electric is a high-performance industrial machinery and technology leader who helps customers manufacture and maintain vital equipment and infrastructure. Lincoln Electric’s innovative solutions enable higher quality and productivity across a variety of processes including welding, cutting, brazing, machining, process automation, and field repair. The Company leverages proprietary technologies and expertise in materials science, power electronics, automation, and intelligent software to help customers build better and achieve resilience in their operations. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, Lincoln Electric is the essential ‘Linc’ that keeps the economy running. The Company operates 71 manufacturing and automation facilities across 20 countries and serves customers in over 160 countries. For more information about Lincoln Electric and its products and services, visit the Company’s website at https://www.lincolnelectric.com .

Location: Carthage
Req ID:29906

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Join the manufacturing team people don't want to leave. Work where you're valued - low turnover, high satisfaction! We strive to make work fun while meeting our customers' expectations with quality and safety as top priority. We offer a competitive benefits package that includes PTO, paid holidays, 401(k) matching, HSA, medical, dental, and vision insurance as well as tuition reimbursement and loan repayment programs. We also offer a pay progression scale that allows you to grow your knowledge and your pay! We pride ourselves on the tenure of our workforce. Come see why we are the place people stay and grow!

Summary of the Position

Work is performed onsite in Carthage, TN. This is an hourly entry level production manufacturing position and relocation is not available. Work environment is not temperature controlled.

Position Hours: 1st shift 6:00am - 4:30pm Monday - Thursday. Overtime varies for Friday and Saturday and may be mandatory.

Job Responsibilities

Summary of the Position

This position is responsible for the preparation and brazing of fabricated tube assemblies, including complex braze processes as described below.

Works safely and supports safety within their team and across the organization. This position is responsible for the preparation and brazing of fabricated tube assemblies.

Key Responsibilities/Essential Functions

• Set-up and assembly of parts for brazing operation
• Brazing tubes to customer specification using a brazing torch and applicable alloys and flux products
• Inspect all work by ensuring the product is brazed to quality standards and free of leaks and other abnormalities
• Work with quality control inspector on parts that do not meet leak test and inspection standards
• Maintain a safe work area by working safely, following safety guidelines, and wearing required personal protective equipment
• Perform any other job responsibilities directed by management as business dictates

Safety Training, Team Meetings & Lean concepts

• Participates in safety and skill training and demonstrates a high regard for safety at all times
• Utilizes lean tools: 6s, visual factory concepts in maintaining order, cleanliness, and safe work environment
• Participate in all required skills training and educational courses
• Must be willing and able to wear required personal protective equipment while performing the job as required by the company

Job Requirements

Education and/or Experience

Preferred - High school diploma or general education degree (GED)

Core Competencies Required from Employees

Maintains a Customer Focus – Demonstrating exceptional service to both internal and external customers giving high priority to understanding and satisfying the customer.

Takes Ownership – Demonstrates a continuous drive to achieve superior results and takes responsibility for those results.

Is a Team Player – Has the ability to collaborate effectively with others to achieve common goals. Recognizes situations in which team members need to work together to solve work tasks at hand.Uses Sound Judgment / Integrity – Takes action that is well-reasoned, and represents the best interest of the business.

Achieves Quality Results – Flawlessly executes objectives to ensure the long-term success of the organization.

Takes Ownership – Demonstrates a continuous drive to achieve superior results and takes responsibility for those results.

Key Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Qualities Required

Language Skills - Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, blueprints, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.

Mathematical Skills - Ability to read measuring scales and tape measure. Ability to apply concepts of basic math including angels.

Reasoning Ability - Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Physical Demands of Position

• Sitting or standing for a 10-hour work day as job dictates, with occasional overtime
• Heavy or constant visual attention that is required when performing job
• Ability to lift 35 pounds frequently and up to 50 pounds team lifting, raising or lowering an object from one level to another, including upward pulling
• Ability to handle job materials, sizing, holding, grasping, turning, or otherwise working with the hands
• Heavy or constant visual attention that is required when performing job

Lincoln Electric is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to promoting equal employment opportunity for applicants, without regard to their race, color, national origin, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, including, but not limited to, lactation), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, and any other category protected by federal, state, or local law.

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