Flex Crew Pipe Welder

FutureFuel Corporation; Batesville, Northern (AR, KY); Hybrid; USD 52,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

FutureFuel Chemical Company in Batesville, AR is seeking a Pipe Welder to join our Flex Crew at the Batesville plant. The role requires welding expertise across pipe and structural steel, with responsibilities including helping install pipe, performing clean-up, and following safety practices.

Welders will complete GTAW (TIG) 6G, SMAW 6G, and GMAW plate tests, and must read procedures, use PPE, and comply with OSHA regulations.

Qualifications

• Basic math, reading and writing specifications.
• Ability to determine the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.
• Attention to detail and thoroughness in completing tasks.
• Initiative, self-directed and committed to follow-through.
• Familiar with OSHA welding regulations and safety processes.

Responsibilities

• Produce quality welds on pipe and/or structural steel.
• Assist with installation of pipe and components.
• Assist with clean-up and safety training as directed.
• Weld components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions.
• Lay out and clamp parts using rulers, squares and calipers.
• Operate shielded metal arc and gas metal arc welding equipment.

Skills

Math skills

Reading & writing specs

Hazardous material handling

PPE & safety procedures

Tools

GTAW (TIG) 6G

SMAW (stick) 6G

GMAW plate tests

Hand & power tools proficiency

Job description

FutureFuel Chemical Company is looking for a Pipe Welder to join our Flex Crew. This position will work at the FutureFuel site in Batesville, Arkansas.

About The Position

This position will works under the supervision of a Supervisor, Construction & Project Engineering, and performs a wide variety of skilled welding. This position is located at the Batesville plant.

Key Responsibilities

• Will be required to pass one or more of the following welding performance tests: GTAW Test in 6G position, SMAW Test in 6G position, and a GMAW plate test
• Produce quality welds on pipe and/or structural steel
• Will be required to assist with installation of pipe and components
• Will be required to assist with clean-up
• Communicate effectively in order to perform essential functions of the job
• Perform other job duties as assigned by supervision
• Work inside and outside in varying degrees of weather and temperature conditions
• Complete required safety training as directed
• Weld components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions
• Operate safety equipment and use safe work habits
• Lay out, position, align, and secure parts and assemblies prior to assembly, using straightedges, combination squares, calipers, and rulers
• Examine work pieces for defects and measure work pieces with straightedges or templates to ensure conformance with specifications
• Recognize, set up, and operate hand and power tools common to the welding trade, such as shielded metal arc and gas metal arc welding equipment
• Weld separately or in combination, using aluminum, stainless steel, cast iron, and other alloys
• Clamp, hold, tack-weld, heat-bend, grind or bolt component parts to obtain required configurations and positions for welding
• Select and install torches, torch tips, filler rods, and flux, according to welding chart specifications or types and thicknesses of metals
• Ignite torches or start power supplies and strike arcs by touching electrodes to metals being welded, completing electrical circuits
• Connect and turn regulator valves to activate and adjust gas flow and pressure so that desired flames are obtained

Key Qualifications

• Basic math, reading and writing specifications, proper hazardous material handling and disposal, proper use of appropriate PPE, and proper tie-off procedures
• Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems
• Must have the ability to determine the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job
• Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks
• Must be strong in initiative, self-directed and committed to follow-through
• Must understand and follow all FFCC Safety Processes including but not limited to Confined Space Entry, Safe Work, and Open Flame
• Familiar with OSHA regulations pertaining to welding
• Required to wear a respirator when needed
• Read and understand welding procedures, quantities, or sizes of materials required to perform the job

About FutureFuel

FutureFuel Chemical Company (FFCC) is a specialty and fine chemical manufacturing producer with an over forty-year successful plant history. FFCC has three business segments: custom/toll manufacturing, performance chemicals, and biodiesel. FFCC serves a wide variety of markets including pharmaceutical intermediates and products, nylon and polyester fibers, cleaning products, agricultural products, paints and coating, and fuels and energy.

FFCC is a small publicly traded company with approximately 500 employees that has a rich history of complex organic chemistry innovation, excellent environmental stewardship, and excellent health and safety compliance. We are a growing U.S. manufacturer of specialty organic chemicals and premium biofuels. Our company is headquartered in Clayton, St Louis and publicly listed on the NYSE under "FF". We have a world class integrated biofuels and specialty chemicals manufacturing facility in Batesville, Arkansas.