Welder

Viper USA; West Lafayette (IN); On-site; USD 40,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Viper USA in West Lafayette, IN, is seeking an experienced welder to cut and join metals using TIG, MIG and other processes. You will interpret blueprints, set up equipment, and ensure parts meet specifications while maintaining safety standards.

Responsibilities include welding in various positions, inspecting finished work, and coordinating with team to complete assemblies on schedule. On-site role with steady demand in metal fabrication within our Indiana facility.

Qualifications

• Understand and interpret blueprints.
• 2+ years of welding experience.
• Ability to utilize time management skills.

Responsibilities

• Operates safety equipment and uses safe work habits.
• Welds components in various positions (flat, vertical, overhead).
• Starts power supplies, strikes arcs, and completes electrical circuits.
• Detects faulty operation and notifies supervisors.
• Sets up and secures parts for welding using calipers and rulers.
• Fuses metal segments with GTAW, GMAW, FCAW, PTAW and SMAW processes.
• Monitors welding to avoid overheating, warping, or distortion.
• Inspects work pieces and measures conformance to specs.

Skills

Welding

Blueprints

Time management

Job description

Job Summary:

Cut and join metals and/or other materials. Operate appropriate equipment to weld together or join metal components or fill holes, indentations, or seams of fabricated metal products.

Essential Functions:

• Operates safety equipment and uses safe work habits while performing job function
• Welds components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions
• Ignites torches or starts power supplies and strikes arcs by touching electrodes to metals being welded, completing electrical circuits
• Detects faulty operation of equipment or defective materials and notifies supervisors
• Clamps, holds, tack-weld, heat-bend, grind or bolts component parts to obtain required configurations and positions for welding
• Operates manual or semi-automatic welding equipment to fuse metal segments, using processes such as gas tungsten arc, gas metal arc, and flux-cored arc, plasma arc, and shielded metal arc and resistance welding
• Monitors the fitting, burning, and welding processes to avoid overheating of parts of warping, shrinking, distortion, or expansion of materials
• Examines work pieces for defects and measures work pieces with straightedges or templates to ensure conformance with specifications
• Recognizes, set up, and operates hand and power tools common to the welding trade, such as shielded metal arc and gas metal arc welding equipment
• Responsible for lay out, position, align, and secure parts and assemblies prior to assembly, using straightedges, combination squares, calipers, and rulers
• Perform routine quality inspections per procedure
• Perform other relevant duties as assigned

Qualification Requirements:

• Understand and interpret blueprints
• 2+ years of past welding experience
• Ability to utilize time management skills