Pole School Weld Instructor (2nd Shift)

Arcosa Careers; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 30,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Meyer Utility Structures, an Arcosa subsidiary, seeks a Plant Welding Technician to support the Fort Worth, TX plant with welding and technical troubleshooting. The role involves improving welding processes, ensuring code conformance, and training shop floor personnel.

Ideal candidates will have 3–5 years of FCAW, SAW, SMAW experience, proficiency with weld inspection tools, and the ability to read welding symbols and procedures. AWS credentials are a plus.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years FCAW, SAW, and SMAW welding experience.
• Able to read welding symbols, procedures, drawings, and BOMs.
• AWS D1.1 knowledge and weld filler material familiarity preferred.
• Experience conducting welding training and qualifications.

Responsibilities

• Provide welding support to production welders and supervisors.
• Troubleshoot welding techniques and equipment issues.
• Perform welder training on the shop floor and classroom.
• Assist in qualifying welding procedure specifications as required.
• Maintain training records for welders and candidates.

Skills

Welding troubleshooting

Welding inspection

Welding procedure knowledge

Training others

Teamwork

Reading welding symbols

Education

Welding-related associate degree

AWS CWI/CWE desirable

Tools

Fillet weld gauges

Amp/volt meters

Gas flow meters

Welding equipment calibration

Job description

Meyer Utility Structures (MUS)is searching for aPlant Welding Technician. In this role, you will provide the Fort Worth, TX utility pole manufacturing plant with welding and technical support such as welding process troubleshooting, welding process improvement, and procedure and code conformance. The Plant Welding Technician will have strong hands-on welding skills, visual weld inspection experience, and experience using welding procedure specifications.

Meyer Utility Structures, an Arcosa subsidiary, is an industry leader in the engineering design and fabrication of concrete, lattice, and tubular steel structures for transmission, distribution, and substation applications. With over sixty years of innovative engineering and manufacturing expertise, Meyer has helped to author and validate many of today’s transmission industry standards and specifications.

What You’ll Do:

• As the welding subject matter expert, provide welding support to production welders, supervisors, and other plant personnel
• Troubleshoot welding technique and routine equipment issues
• Perform routine tasks such as maintain welder continuity, welding equipment calibration, and flux oven logs
• Evaluate, propose, and implement welding process improvements to increase welding efficiency and quality
• Perform welding training on the shop floor and in a classroom setting as required
• Assist in qualifying welding procedure specifications as required
• Participate in internal improvement teams/other duties as required
• Oversee the daily pole school operations
• Maintain welder candidate training, testing and qualification records
• Perform hands on welder candidate training for the FCAW, SAW, SMAW, plasma/oxyfuel cutting, and air-carbon-arc gouging processes
• Conduct classroom training on welding safety, welding and cutting processes, visual weld acceptance criteria, welding symbols, drawings, etc.
• Perform hands on, pole layout and fit up training
• Provide additional training (OJT) to production welders as required
• Assist in qualifying welding procedure specifications as required
• Participate in welding improvement projects/other duties as required

What You’ll Need:

• Must be able to work second shift.
• AWS Certified Welding Inspector (CWI) and/or AWS Certified Welding Educator (CWE) desired.
• 3 - 5 years FCAW, SAW, and SMAW welding experience.
• Proficient using various weld inspection tools such as amp/volt/wire feed/gas flow meters, fillet weld gages, undercut gages, etc.
• Welding related associate degreedesired.
• Able to read and comprehend welding symbols, welding procedure specifications, work instructions, drawings, bill of materials, etc.
• Working knowledge of AWS D1.1 welding procedure specification.
• Working knowledge of weld filler materials and base materials.
• Possess written and oral communication skills.
• Regular and predictable attendance, a great attitude, and an ability to work well with a team towards achieving a common goal