Weld Tech

Arcosa Inc.; Clinton (IL); On-site; USD 55,000 - 71,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

Paid vacation and sick time

401k with Employer Match

11 paid Company holidays

Life Insurance

Short-Term and Long-Term Disability

Tuition reimbursement

Health & Wellness Programs

Flexible Spending Accounts

Employee Discount Programs

Professional Training and Development

Career Advancement Opportunities

Job summary

Arcosa Inc. is seeking a Plant Welding Technician at the Clinton, IL facility to provide welding support, troubleshoot techniques, and drive process improvements.

You will train shop-floor personnel and help qualify welding procedures to ensure code conformance and high-quality welds across FCAW, SAW, and SMAW processes. The role requires hands-on welding, inspection skill, and the ability to work with drawings, symbols, and WPS docs in a team-focused environment.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years FCAW, SAW, SMAW welding experience.
• Able to read and comprehend welding symbols, procedures and drawings.
• Working knowledge of AWS D1.1 welding procedures.
• Proficient with weld inspection tools and QA records.
• Strong communication and teamwork abilities.
• Experience with welding procedure specifications is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provide welding support to production welders and supervisors.
• Troubleshoot welding technique and equipment issues.
• Maintain welder continuity and calibrate equipment.
• Evaluate and implement welding process improvements.
• Perform welding training on shop floor and in classroom.
• Assist in qualifying welding procedure specifications.
• Oversee daily pole school operations.
• Maintain welder candidate training, testing and qualification records.
• Provide hands-on training for FCAW, SAW, SMAW, plasma/oxyfuel cutting, gouging.
• Conduct classroom training on safety, welding processes, symbols, drawings.

Skills

FCAW/SAW/SMAW welding

Welding inspection tools

Read welding symbols & drawings

AWS D1.1 knowledge

Teamwork & communication

Welding procedure interpretation

Education

Welding-related associate degree

Tools

Welding meters

Fillet gauges

Undercut gauges

WPS references reading

Job description

Meyer Utility Structures (MUS)is searching for aPlant Welding Technician. In this role, you will provide the Clinton, IL 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.

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 maintaining 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 first 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 degree desired
• 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

Compensation And Benefits

Arcosa is proud to offer competitive benefits and programs to help you and your family meet your healthcare and retirement planning needs. The various benefits offered to employees based on eligibility may include:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Paid vacation and sick time
• 401k with Employer Match
• 11 paid Company holidays
• Life Insurance
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Health & Wellness Programs
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Employee Discount Programs
• Professional Training and Development Programs
• Career Advancement Opportunities - We like to promote from within!
• Salary commensurate with experience - $55,000 to $70,500

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