Welder

Darling Ingredients Inc.; Butler (KY); On-site; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Darling Ingredients Inc. is seeking a Welder to perform weld fabrication using Mig, Tig, and Stick processes under supervision. You will prepare parts from drawings, apply procedures, and ensure quality welds with proper PPE and safety practices.

Responsibilities include setting up parts, inspecting finished work, and following all company safety protocols in a metal fabrication shop environment.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED equivalent is required.
• Minimum of 1 year of prior work experience in welding.
• Must pass a weld test.

Responsibilities

• Prepare parts for welding as indicated by drawings or sketches.
• Follow established weld fabrication procedures.
• Maintain a high standard of quality in welds.
• Learn and interpret engineering drawings with guidance.
• Use measuring instruments for layout and inspection.

Skills

Welding

Blueprint reading

Quality inspection

Safety compliance

Education

High School diploma or GED

Tools

Mig welding

Tig welding

Stick welding

Plasma cutting

Job description

Job Description

The Welder must have the ability to do weld fabrication work assigned by Production Supervisor and/or General Manager using qualified weld processes, such as Mig, Tig, and Stick types of welding.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities

• Employee is responsible for their own work.
• Prepare parts for welding as indicated by engineering drawings and/or sketches, may require cutting and/or grinding, etc.
• Follow established weld fabrication procedures.
• Perform all work assigned by Management.
• Maintains a high standard of quality
• Be able to obtain acceptable quality welds including bead appearance and pressure tight welds. Examples of non-allowable defects: undercutting, excessive weld penetration, excessive porosity, lack of fusion, etc, as determined by Management.
• Ability to learn and interpret engineering drawings, with direction from Production Supervisor and/or General Manager.
• Ability to follow and perform work to established weld procedures, use measuring instruments required for layout work.
• Must be capable of using instrumentation for inspection of completed work.
• Have basic understanding of basic metal types and corresponding filler materials used for welding these metals.
• Employee must follow all Company safety protocols, and utilize appropriate PPE as required.
• Must perform part set-up and fixturing as may be necessary
• Use various shop tools, such as grinders, drills, torches, plasma, etc.

Minimum Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED equivalent is required.
• Minimum of 1 year of prior work experience in welding.
• Must pass a weld test.

Physical Demands

• Frequently required to walk, stand, sit, climb, balance, stoop, bend, and kneel.
• Frequently must push, pull, move or lift up to 100 lbs.
• Regularly required to reach with hands and arms.

Work Environment

• Job functions will be carried out in our metal fabricating shop or on plant property.

About Us

We’re one of the world’s leading practitioners of circularity, transforming materials from the animal agriculture and food industries into valuable ingredients. Ingredients that nourish people, feed animals and crops, and fuel the world with renewable energy.

About The Team

Darling Ingredients is an equal opportunity employer and gives consideration to qualified applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, age, pregnancy, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetic information, physical or mental disability, military service, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state and local law.

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