Longseamer Trainee (Nights)

Sabre Industries, Inc.; Sioux City (IA); On-site; USD 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental & Vision coverage

401(k) with Company Match

Tuition Reimbursement

Paid Time Off & Holidays

Job summary

Sabre Industries in Sioux City, IA seeks a Longseam Welder to perform 100% penetration welds on shaft seams per drawings and codes. You will read flatsheets, set up welding parameters, and use FCAW, GMAW, or SAW processes. The role requires lifting, standing, and working in an outdoor manufacturing environment.

You will inspect welds for quality, maintain logs, and assist teammates to meet production goals while following safety procedures. Training provided, full-time position.

Qualifications

• Must have basic shop math skills including fractions and decimals.
• Ability to read and interpret complex prints and specs.
• Proficient in using a weld gauge for measurements.
• Must be able to read, write, and follow instructions clearly.
• Regular and punctual attendance is required.

Responsibilities

• Performs 100% penetration welds on shaft seams per drawings and codes.
• Reads flatsheets and orders to determine welding requirements.
• Welds using FCAW, GMAW, and/or SAW processes per procedure.
• Adjusts machine settings to meet weld parameters and preheat needs.
• Wears PPE and maintains a safe welding environment.
• Inspects welds for quality and assists others to improve productivity.
• Maintains daily production logs and uses cranes to position work.

Skills

Basic shop math

Read complex prints

Weld gauge proficiency

Read and write

Regular attendance

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Welding gauge

Job description

Brief Description

At Sabre Industries, we connect and power America’s communities with world-class utility and telecom solutions. We reliably build a better world together; one customer, one team, and one community at a time.

Brief Description

At Sabre Industries, we connect and power America’s communities with world-class utility and telecom solutions. We reliably build a better world together; one customer, one team, and one community at a time.

Our teams live out the organization’s core values of integrity, commitment, innovation, and connection. That’s how we continuously exceed our high standards of enterprise excellence—by creating a space for our engaged employees to thrive.

With consistent hiring opportunities nationwide and countless career levels, chances are the next big step on your career path starts here. We work with our employees to create customized career paths and development in all facets of the organization. People will always be our greatest asset and we place emphasis on enhancing the lives of our employees.

Scope Of Responsibility

Under the direct of the production supervision and Lead, the Longseam Welder uses specified welding processes and procedures to achieve 100% penetration welds for specified lengths of each shafts seam within prescribed codes, and according to prescribed procedures, specifications, and drawings.

Essential Duties

• Performs visual inspection of the entire length of each seam to identify areas requiring repair.
• Reads and interprets drawings and/or computer print out “flatsheets” to determine requirement for 100% penetration welds.
• Grinds and/or air-arc gouges areas as necessary in preparation for welding.
• Adjusts welding machine to achieve desired results within parameters of established welding procedures.
• Using specified welding process (FCAW, GMAW, and/or SAW,) welds required areas to obtain 100% penetration.
• Reads and interprets applicable specifications and welding codes and procedures to determine preheat requirements. Uses oxy-fuel heating torch to preheat work specified temperature. Uses instruments provided to measure temperature of the material.
• Reads and interprets work orders and daily production schedules. Writes entries on daily production log to show work completed.
• Uses overhead crane to position work in pole-rollers and to move completed poles to designated areas.
• Adds, subtracts, multiplies, and divides feet, inches, fractions, and decimals. Uses tables to convert fractions to decimals and decimals to fractions.
• Visually inspects his/her work to assure that welds have been completed satisfactorily in accordance with applicable drawings, specifications, and codes.
• Assists and instructs other welders when needed to overcome deficiencies in quality and/or productivity.
• Wears protective equipment including safety glasses, insulated welding gloves, leather sleeves, and/or cape, face shield, and welding hood to protect himself from hot metal, arc rays, grinding debris, and other potentially harmful conditions.
• Inspects end of poles for straightness and squareness of edge cuts. Trims and/or grinds as necessary, in order to leave ends suitable for shipment to customer, or for fit up base plates.
• Uses power drills to drill and/or ream holes in pole sections as required by drawings.
• Welds other products in his or her area using either FCAW or GMAW process.
• Assembles two piece developments.
• Determines amperage and voltage settings, feed rate settings, required weld procedures, weld size and amount of penetration required.
• Grinds and/or cleans seams to ensure the required penetration and necessary UT quality weld.
• Performs daily, weekly, monthly operator preventive maintenance on seam weld machine.
• Adjust amperage, voltage, speed rates, and machine pressures constantly throughout the welding process to compensate for variations from the cutting and bending operations and the material variations.
• Additional duties as assigned

Position Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED Equivalent preferred
• Must have knowledge of basic shop mathematics, addition, subtraction, fractions, multiplication and decimals.
• Proficiency in reading complex prints and specifications.
• Must know how to properly use a weld gauge.
• Read and write.
• Regular and timely attendance is required

Physical Requirements

• Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds.
• Must be able to perform physical activities that require considerable use of arms and legs and moving entire body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, bending, twisting and handling of materials.
• Must be able to work in an outside manufacturing environment for long shifts, including weekends.
• Position requires manual dexterity, arm-hand steadiness and a safety-minded individual.
• Must be able to work in an open environment exposed to extreme temperatures.
• Must have the ability to concentrate on tasks for long periods of time and be able to observe and receive information from all relevant sources.

Benefits

At Sabre Industries, we invest in your future with a competitive benefits program. As a full-time employee, you are eligible for:

• Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
• 401(k) with Company Match
• Continuing Education & Tuition Reimbursement
• Life and Disability Coverage
• Paid Time Off & Paid Holidays
• Health and Wellness Resources
• Employee Discounts

Sabre Industries is an Equal Opportunity Employer: M/F/Vets/Disabled/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity