Longseamer Trainee (Nights)

Jimmy Jazz; Sioux City (IA); On-site; USD 19,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with Company Match

Tuition Reimbursement

Paid Time Off

Health and Wellness Resources

Job summary

Sabre Industries in Sioux City, IA is seeking a Longseam Welder to join our production team. You will work under production supervision and perform 100% penetration welds on shafts seams per drawings and codes.

Responsibilities include reading flatsheets, grinding preparations, setting welding parameters, inspecting welds, and operating an overhead crane. The role requires good math skills, ability to read prints, and a safety‑minded, physically capable worker.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED Equivalent preferred
• Must have knowledge of basic shop mathematics
• 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

Responsibilities

• Uses specified welding processes to achieve 100% penetration welds.
• Reads drawings and flatsheets to determine weld requirements.
• Grinds and air-arc gouges areas as necessary for welding.
• Adjusts welding machine settings to meet procedures.
• Welds required areas to obtain 100% penetration.
• Reads and interprets welding codes and preheat requirements.
• Uses overhead crane to position work and move finished poles.
• Inspects welds for quality and conformance.
• Performs routine maintenance on weld equipment.

Skills

Welding processes

Reading prints

Math skills

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Weld gauge

Overhead crane

Power drills

Oxy-fuel torch

Job description

• Base Pay $17.00 / Hour
• Job Category Production
• Employee Type Non-Exempt

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:

U nder 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.

• 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.
• 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.

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

• 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