Welder and Fabricator - 1st Shift

R-TECH SAS; Wamego (KS); On-site; USD 42,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

R-TECH SAS is seeking a Welder under supervision to join, surface, fabricate or repair metal parts per blueprints and work orders. You will analyze drawings, plan welding steps, and perform welds in flat, vertical or overhead positions with proper surface preparation.

Responsibilities include tagging parts, maintaining safety standards, and using measuring tools to ensure accuracy. A reliable, detail-oriented approach is essential for quality finishes and on-time delivery.

Qualifications

• Ability to read engineering drawings, blueprints, specifications and work orders.
• Experience with welding processes such as SMAW, MIG, TIG.
• Commitment to safety and quality standards in all tasks.

Responsibilities

• Perform welding operations per drawings and work orders, ensuring correct fit and finish.
• Analyze drawings and material specifications to plan layout and welding steps.
• Weld components in flat, vertical or overhead positions and prepare surfaces for welding.
• Operate hand and power tools; mark, tag and verify parts with job numbers.

Skills

Blueprint reading

Welding processes

Safety compliance

Manual dexterity

Tools

Welding equipment

Measuring tools

Job description

This job was posted by https://www.kansasworks.com : For more information, please see: https://www.kansasworks.com/jobs/13673659

Summary

Under Supervision, Welder will apply appropriate welding processes to join, surface, fabricate or repair parts of metal or other weldable materials, as specified by MRP Network, work orders, blueprints, sketches, or acting supervisor.

Essential Duties And Job Responsibilities

• Performs all tasks in a safe and responsible manner and complies with company policies.
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds frequently.
• Analyze engineering drawings, blueprints, specifications, sketches, work orders, and material safety data sheets to plan layout, assembly, and welding operations.
• Weld steel components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions, ability to ignite torches or start power supplies and strike arcs by touching electrodes to metals being welded, completing electrical circuits.
• Clamp, hold, tack-weld, heat-bend, grind or bolt component parts to obtain required configurations and positions for welding.
• Position pieces to be welded into jugs, holding fixtures, guides and steps using measuring instruments and hand tools.
• Recognize, set up, and operate hand and power tools common to the welding trade, such as shielded metal arc and gas metal arc welding equipment, lay-out, position, align, and secure parts and assemblies prior to assembly, using straightedges, combination squares, calipers, and rulers.
• Prepare all material surfaces to be welded, ensuring that there is no loose or thick scale, slag, rust, moisture, grease, or other foreign matter.
• Mark or tag material with proper job number, piece marks, and other identifying marks as required.
• May perform other duties as assigned by management.