Structural Steel Fitter/Welder

Central States; Springdale (AR); On-site; USD 38,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Central States is hiring a Welder to join our production team. You will read and interpret welding drawings, set up welding equipment, and complete welds that meet quality standards. The role requires adherence to safety procedures and the use of PPE in a noisy, plant environment.

Responsibilities include maintaining equipment, documenting processes, and potentially cross-training in other production tasks. Prior MIG/MAG welding experience or an associate degree in welding is preferred.

Qualifications

• Basic MIG/GMAW welding skills with up to one year of hands-on welding experience or completion of an associate’s degree in welding.

Responsibilities

• Follow all safety procedures and PPE requirements.
• Operate welding equipment and use hand/power tools.
• Interpret shop drawings and fabrication standards to plan welding operations.
• Inspect welds visually and dimensionally to meet specifications.
• Record all data and maintain accurate documentation.
• Cross-train and be willing to work at different production positions as needed.
• Lift and move materials using hoists or cranes when required.
• Maintain clean and organized work area and report issues promptly.

Skills

Welding MIG/MAG (MIG/MGWA)

Reading fabrication drawings

Measuring with tools

Teamwork and safety

Education

Associate's degree in welding

Tools

Welding machine

Wire feeder

Plasma cutter

Angle grinder

Job description

Summary

Provides “Right. On Time. Every Time.” products and customer service, both to external and internal customers, within company standards.

Core Functions

• Follows all plant safety procedures and uses all applicable personal protective equipment (PPE). Holds other team members accountable for following all safety procedures, environmental control, process control and quality control practices.
• Follows all setup procedures and work instructions as documented in the Operations System.
• Reports all machinery issues to Maintenance promptly.
• Cleans and resets work area at the end of each shift, including but not limited to sweeping the floor, placing items in the proper storage area, stacking pallets, restocking packaging, and dumping trash.
• Accurately updates all records and visual tracking, whether written or electronic.
• Cross-trains as directed and is willing to work at any production position in the plant, on an as needed basis.
• Completes work as directed by plant management.
• Uses/Operates hand and power tools common to the welding trade, such as welding machine power sources, wire feeders, welding guns, air carbon arc gouging, oxy-fuel equipment, plasma cutters, angle grinders, needle guns, plate clamps, etc.
• Interprets engineering shop fabrication drawings, fabrication standards, sketches and other specifications to plan layout, assembly and welding operations.
• Inspects subassemblies and accessories visually and dimensionally to verify these meet the required specifications.
• Uses tape measures, squares, protractors, rulers, and other measuring tools to lay-out, position and align accessories and subassemblies prior to welding.
• Uses the proper sequence of operations to execute assembly and welding of the parts as effective as possible, also to maintain/obtain the required geometry and to prevent distortion of weldments; when needed, uses jacks, turnbuckles, wedges and other tools to correct distortions.
• Prepares joints and applies weds as per applicable WPS and fabrication shop drawings.
• Cleans welds and adjacent areas removing spatter, slag, silicon islands as per welding code, applicable standards and customer specifications.
• Visually inspects welds to ensure compliance with shop fabrication drawing and acceptance criteria in applicable welding codes.
• Marks or tag material with proper job number, piece marks, and other identifying marks.
• Lift or move materials and finished products, manually or with hoists or cranes.

Duties, responsibilities, and activities are not limited to the list above and may change at any time with or without notice.

Key Measures Of Success

• Ability to operate assigned task and cross-train in at least two additional work tasks.
• Demonstrates excellent interpersonal and teamwork skills.
• Customer and detailed oriented.
• Exhibits a continuous improvement mindset with ability to verbalize ideas for process and workflow improvements.
• Ability to use/read common measuring tools in the welding trade such as tape measures, squares, protractors, fillet weld gauges, v-wac gauges, cam-bridge gauges, do basic mathematical calculations, and use a calculator.
• Ability to interpret welding symbols."
• Ability to learn production operations.
• Consistently exhibits and displays the company’s values of “Own It. Can Do. Act in Love.”
• Own It – Commitment to customer, company, and each other.
• Can Do – Team Player, Open to Change, & Pursuing continuous improvement.
• Act in Love – Treating others with humility, respectfulness, kindness, honesty, patience, and self-control.

Education & Experience

• Basic MIG/GMAW welding skills with up to one year of hands-on welding experience, or completion of an associate’s degree in welding.

Physical Demands & Work Environment

The noise level in the work environment and job sites can be loud and in a non-temperature-controlled environment and exposure to outside weather conditions. While performing the core function of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk, walk, hear, stand for long periods of time, lift/push/pull items up to 55 lbs. This position is primarily working around machinery with moving parts, working around moving objects or vehicles. The employee is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle or feel, reach/pull/push/grab with hands and arms, kneel, and crouch, twist, and bend. The employee is occasionally required to sit, climb, or crawl. This role requires the use of a Powered Air Purifying Respirator, PAPR.

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform core functions.

Travel

Ability to work at other facilities, weekends, other shifts and to be on call.