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 to apply welding processes and repair metal parts as specified by work orders and blueprints. You will analyze engineering drawings to plan layouts and welding operations, and weld steel components in various positions, ensuring surfaces are properly prepared for welding.

The role requires lifting up to 50 pounds, adhering to safety policies, and using hand and power tools common to welding. May perform other duties as assigned by management.

Qualifications

• Experience reading engineering drawings and blueprints.
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds.
• Work safely and comply with company policies.

Responsibilities

• Apply welding processes to join, surface, fabricate or repair metal parts.
• Analyze drawings, blueprints, specifications and work orders to plan welding operations.
• Weld steel components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions.
• Prepare material surfaces to be welded and mark materials with job numbers.

Skills

Welding

Blueprints

Reading drawings

Safety-conscious

Tools

SMAW welding

GMAW welding

Job description

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 jigs, 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.