Tool Room Welder

Quad-City Dryer Works, LLC; Waverly, Northern (IA, KY); Hybrid; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

Paid time off

Health insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Doerfer Companies is seeking a Tool Room Welder to fabricate and repair metal components using welding processes including MIG and TIG, oxy-acetylene cutting, and precision measurement. You will read blueprints and follow WPS/PQRs while maintaining a clean, safe workshop.

Responsibilities include collaborating with engineers and machinists, documenting work, and adhering to AS9100/ISO 9001 quality standards. A safety-focused, team-oriented approach is essential.

Qualifications

• Six months of technical welding training or equivalent experience.
• Strong ability to read and interpret blueprints.
• Shop mathematics including trig and algebra.
• Knowledge of MIG and TIG welding equipment and oxy-acetylene cutting torch.
• Ability to safely operate forklifts, cranes, and other material handling equipment.

Responsibilities

• Understands GMAW & GTAW processes and follows WPS.
• Safely uses metalworking tools including cutting and grinding equipment.
• Repair weld defects and structural components per instructions and AWS codes.
• Read blueprints/WPS/PQRs and follow instructions to fabricate finished components.
• Measure and lay out components for welding/cutting with scales and squares.
• Document work performed and communicate status and needs to team.

Skills

Blueprint reading

Team environment

Welding techniques

Safety compliance

Education

Technical welding training

Welding certification

Tools

MIG welding

TIG welding

Oxy-acetylene

Forklift operation

Job description

Description

The Tool Room Welder must be skilled in fabrication, assembling and repairing metal components through the use of various welding processes. These include but are not limited to GTAW, GMAW, as well utilizing an OF torch. The Tool Room Welder must possess a high level of understanding of blueprints, technical drawings, WPSs, and PQRs, as well as the ability to understand and follow work orders to ensure accurate fabrication and a high degree of quality across all TDS products.

Essential Functions

1. Understands the GMAW & GTAW welding processes, has the ability to operate safely and follow WPS.
2. Ability to safely use metalworking tools, including, but not limited to, thermal cutting and grinding equipment.
3. Repair weld defects and structural components in accordance with work instructions and applicable AWS codes.
4. Read and correctly interpret blueprints, WPS’s/PQR’s, and follow verbal instructions to create finished components.
5. Accurately measure and lay out components and systems for welding and/or cutting using metalworking tools, including tape measures, scales, and squares.
6. Document work performed and communicate project status, material needs and potential issues to appropriate personnel.
7. Collaborate with engineers, machinists, and tool makers to complete fabrication and/or repairs to the project.
8. May be required to pass employer performance tests and/or standard tests to meet certification standards of governmental agencies or professional and technical associations.
9. Must maintain a clean, organized, and safe work environment while following company safety procedures.
10. Participates in specialized training as assigned by supervisory personnel.
11. Understands and complies with requirements of the QMS, AS9100, and/or ISO 9001.
12. Ability to work in a team environment
13. Travel as needed.
14. Additional duties as assigned.
15. Additional work hours as needed.

Requirements

1. Must have a minimum of six (6) months of technical training in welding or equivalent experience, or the ability to demonstrate equivalent skill and ability.
2. Strong knowledge and ability to read and interpret blueprints.
3. Ability to perform shop mathematics calculations, including trigonometric and algebraic functions.
4. Knowledge of operation and function of basic welding equipment including Mig and Tig welding equipment and oxy-acetylene cutting torch.
5. Ability to safely operate forklifts, cranes, and other powered material handling and transport equipment.

Preferred:

1. Technical degree or certification in welding.

About TDS Automation, Inc.

TDS Automation, Inc., is a leading provider of global engineering and manufacturing solutions for Customers focusing on custom automation, forming and material handling. TDS Automation produces fully automated and semi-automated stand‑alone equipment as well as fully integrated production lines to exacting specifications. Systems produced by TDS Automation can be found in nearly every modern manufacturing environment, inclusive of agricultural, pharmaceutical, transportation and construction material manufacturing.

Benefits

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Paid Holidays
• Employer paid Life Insurance
• Employer paid Short Term Disability
• Employer paid Long Term Disability
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• HSA Employer Match
• Paid time off
• Referral Program
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance
• Voluntary Life insurance

Schedule

• 1st Shift
• Day Shift

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

All offers of employment are contingent upon the successful completion of a background check, job-related physical examination (when required for the position) and pre-employment drug screening, in accordance with Company policy. A copy of the Company’s Drug-Free and Alcohol-Free Workplace Policy is available upon request.

Doerfer Companies is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and to employees with sincerely held religious beliefs, in accordance with applicable law. If you require an accommodation to perform the essential functions of your position or during the application, interviewing, hiring or onboarding process, please contact Human Resources. The Company will engage in an interactive process to determine appropriate accommodations.

Doerfer Companies is an Equal Opportunity / Aff