Welder I - 1st Shift

Nortek Air Solutions, LLC; United States; On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Nortek Air Solutions seeks a Brazing Technician to join our manufacturing team in the United States. You will bond metal parts using heat and brazing filler, following blueprints and work orders.

You will ensure joints are clean, properly brazed, and meet quality standards, while maintaining safety and cooperating with teammates. The role requires reading drawings, operating torches, and handling tools with care.

Qualifications

• Requires high school diploma or equivalent (preferred).
• Requires brazing experience (1+ years) or equivalent training.
• Able to read and interpret mechanical/piping drawings and legends.
• Must follow safety protocols and work with others.

Responsibilities

• Brazes components to assemble metal parts per layout or blueprints using hand torch and filler.
• Removes and cools brazed parts; cleans joints.
• Examines seams and rebrazes defective joints or broken parts.
• Connects hoses from torch to regulators and gas cylinders; applies flux.
• Aligns and secures parts in fixtures; selects torch tip and brazing alloy.
• Operates and adjusts equipment to heat metal to bonding temperature.
• Destructive examination and testing of brazed joints as needed.

Skills

Brazing techniques

Blueprint/diagrams reading

Manual dexterity

Stamina - standing

Safety compliance

Communication in English

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Hand torch

Welding tools (cutter, wrenches)

Flux, brazing alloys

Measuring tools (tape measure)

Job description

Position Summary

Under the direction of the Manager and/or Supervisor of Manufacturing Operations, Brazers join pieces of metal together by first heating the pieces and then placing a solder-like filler substance on the joint. They allow the heated metal to melt the filler and seal the joint. Brazers are not the same as welders, since brazers use heat and filler to bond joints together, whereas welders melt metals at high temperatures to fuse them together. However, it is not uncommon for brazers to also be trained as welders. Working with extremely hot materials requires the use of protective gear to ensure safety.

Position Responsibilities

• Brazes (bonds) together components to assemble metal parts as specified by layout, work order, or blueprints, using hand torch, Guides torch and rod along joint of work pieces to heat to brazing temperature, melt braze alloy, and bond work pieces together.
• Removes work piece from fixture, using tongs, and cools work piece, using air or water.
• Cleans joints of work pieces, using wire brush or by dipping them into cleaning solution.
• Examines seams and rebrazes defective joints or broken parts.
• Connects hoses from torch to regulator valves and cylinders of oxygen and specified fuel gas, acetylene or natural.
• Brushes flux onto joint of work piece or dips braze rod into flux to prevent oxidation of metal.
• Aligns and secures work pieces in fixtures, jigs, or vise, using rule, square, or template.
• Melts and separates brazed joints to remove and straighten damaged or misaligned components, using hand torch or furnace.
• Selects torch tip, flux, and brazing alloy from data charts or work order.
• Adjusts electric current and timing cycle of resistance welding machine to heat metal to bonding temperature.
• Able to do destructive examination and testing of brazed joints completed by employees.

Position Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent, preferred.
• Completion of some secondary/trade school technical and/or general business course is preferred.
• Requires a minimum of 1 years of brazing experience (W1), or equivalent combination of technical school, on-the-job training and work experience.
• Able to follow directions, knowledgeable of metalworking safety protocols and comfortable working with others, Familiar with brazing techniques and materials Ability to read, understand and interpret two- and three-dimensional diagrams in order to fit metal products correctly.
• Ability to read and understand mechanical/piping drawings and applications legend for circuit and parts identification.
• Able to operate and use hand and power tools (pipe cutter, ratcheting, standard wrenches) Must be able to apply significant torque with hand tools throughout the entire work day (wrenches, ratcheting tools, channel locks, etc.)
• Able to read a tape measure.
• Able to lift and/or move heavy objects/components, frequently up to 25lbs. and occasionally up to 50 lbs.
• Must be detail-oriented and possess good near-vision and eyesight to see details and characteristics of the joint at close range and be able to detect changes in molten metal flows.
• Requires manual dexterity with ability to make coordinated hand and finger movements to grasp, manipulate and assemble objects, and handle tools.
• Ability to work in repetitive motions and pressure involving fingers, hands, and wrists.
• Able to stand for prolonged periods on a concrete floor.
• Able to walk, reach with hands and arms, push, pull, stoop, bend, kneel, crouch, and crawl.
• Able to climb ladders and work in high areas.
• Must have demonstrated ability to communicate (speak, read, write) in English.
• Good math skills are preferred to interpret drawings and specifications.
• Able to work independently and with others.
• Wear safety gear at all times.

Nortek Air Management and its divisions offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package. To learn more about Nortek Air Solutions, please visit our company website at http://www.nortekair.com/. Nortek Air Solutions and Nortek Global HVAC are equal opportunity employers and do not unlawfully discriminate against any applicant on the basis of race, color, religion, sex national origin, age disability, sexual orientation, or any other class protected by federal or state law. Nortek Air Solutions builds efficient, dependable and long-lasting heating and cooling systems that create ideal environments for working, living and learning. As the largest manufacturer of custom air handlers in North America, our engineers, designers and representatives work together with our customers to make solutions that keep commercial, healthcare, educational and industrial spaces running all over North America. Our company’s legacy of innovation began in the early 1900s, when our founders made it their mission to bring better heating and cooling solutions to building occupants who needed them most. Today, we are continuing that tradition by using the latest technologies and what we have learned since 1935, in the unification of our companies, brands and people, to help create a better tomorrow, every day.