Pipe Welder - 2nd Shift

Chart Industries, Inc.; Alabama; On-site; USD 40,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Chart Industries in Theodore, AL is seeking a Pipe Welder to join our fabrication team. The role involves welding on piping and structural components, reading blueprints, and following ISO standards.

You will operate various welding processes and ensure products pass QA tests while maintaining a clean, safe work area. The candidate should have a pipe welding certification, a high school diploma or equivalent, and at least 2 years of related experience.

Qualifications

• Pipe welding certification is required.
• Ability to weld various materials using GTAW, SMAW, FCAW, GMAW and SAW.
• High school diploma or equivalent.
• At least 2 years of related welding experience.
• Basic math skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Able to lift and move heavy objects.
• Overtime and weekend hours as needed.
• Experience using blueprints and design sketches.
• Certification in Pipe welding.

Responsibilities

• Welding on various materials at required positions using multiple welding processes to create piping as designed.
• Perform pipe work as needed; supervisor will assign tasks according to shop needs.
• Installs, calibrates, and operates production machines as required by materials.
• Tests and inspects machines; performs routine maintenance and fixes malfunctions.
• Reads blueprints and specifications to determine setup and sequence.
• Checks that items produced pass quality control tests.
• Lay out, position, fit and weld piping and structural components per drawings.
• Set up and troubleshoot welding machines per job specs.
• Operate welding tools such as air arc, gouger, grinder, and related equipment.
• Participate in JSAs and Safety, Health and Environmental Processes; document work.
• Adhere to safety and quality procedures; maintain clean work area.
• Perform other duties as assigned (e.g., painting or insulating a tank).

Skills

Pipe welding

Blueprints

Basic math

Attention to detail

Heavy lifting

Problem solving

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Pipe welding certification

Job description

Location: Theodore, AL, United States, 36582

Company: Chart Industries

Ensuring Chart’s Success…

What Will You Do?

Job Accountabilities

• Welding on various materials at required positions using different welding processes, including, but not limited to, GTAW, SMAW, FCAW, GMAW and SAW to create piping as designed.
• Pipe Welders will perform pipe work as needed, though it may not be required daily. The supervisor will assess shop needs and team members will be assigned tasks accordingly.
• Performs work associated with the installation, calibration, and operation of different kinds of production machines, depending on company specialization or materials used
• Tests and inspects machines to determine safe and efficient operation, performs routine maintenance, and fixes standard malfunctions
• Reads and interprets blueprints, engineering specifications, and shop orders to determine machine setup, production methods, and sequence of operation
• Checks that items produced pass quality control test
• Lay out, position, fit and weld various piping and structural components, including pipes, flanges, fittings, valves, piping supports, structural plates, beams, etc., in accordance with the supplied piping/structural fabrication drawings.
• Set up, troubleshoot, and operate welding machines according to job specifications and welding procedures.
• Adjust valves, gauges, and flames as needed and be capable of handling compressed gas and oxygen cylinders safely.
• Operate air arc, gouger, grinder, and other industry machines, tools, and equipment.
• Participate in JSAs and all other Safety, Health and Environmental Processes. Completes required documentation, electronic or paper, on all work performed
• Understands and adheres to established safety and quality procedures
• Maintains a clean work area and practices general housekeeping standards
• Performs all tasks to ISO standards and requirements
• Performs other duties as assigned (Examples include – helping to mix paint or insulating a tank).

Your Physical Work Environment Will Require…

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance. Must be able to regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this role includes close vision.

Work Environment

While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works near moving mechanical parts and is frequently exposed to risk of electrical shock. The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, and vibration. Loud noise level in the work environment.

Required

• Pipe welding certification
• Ability to perform welding on various materials at required positions using different welding processes, including, but not limited to, GTAW, SMAW, FCAW, GMAW and SAW.
• High school diploma or equivalent
• At least 2 years of related experience
• Basic math skills
• Attention to detail essential
• Ability to lift and move heavy objects
• Proven ability to identify and solve basic to moderate level problems
• Overtime and weekend hours, as needed
• Experience using blueprints and design sketches
• Certification in Pipe welding

Preferred

• Familiarity with ISO procedures
• Knowledge or experience working with Chart products

Our Benefits Package…

Chart Industries is an equal employment opportunity (EEO) employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicants because of his or her race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, military status, marital status, genetic information or any other reason prohibited by law. Additionally, it is and shall continue to be our policy to provide promotion and advancement opportunities in a non-discriminatory fashion.

Chart complies with applicable local, state, and federal statutes governing “equal employment opportunity” and nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfers, leave of absence, compensation and training.