Welder III

NABRICO Marine Products; Caruthersville (MO); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

NABRICO Marine Products in Caruthersville, MO is seeking a Senior Welder to join our barge plant. You will apply welding processes to join, surface, fabricate, and repair metal parts according to blueprints and sketches using manual, auto welding, and semi-automatic equipment.

The role requires reading blueprints, performing FCAW welds, passing vertical and overhead tests, and working with safety PPE. You’ll contribute to shipbuilding across inland waterways and may participate in safety

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years of FCAW weld experience.
• Understand weld layout and processes.
• Ability to read blueprints.
• Pass vertical and overhead fillet welds and groove weld tests.
• Demonstrate carbon arc gouge and oxy-fuel cutting.
• Inspect own welds to meet quality standards.
• Wear PPE including respirator when required.

Responsibilities

• Follow Welding Procedure Specifications (WPS).
• Proficiently perform flat (1F), horizontal (2F), vertical (3F), and overhead (4F) fillet welds.
• Proficiently perform flat (1G), horizontal (2G), vertical (3G), and overhead (4G) groove welds.
• Inspect your own welds to ensure quality requirements are met.
• Follow all safety rules and practices.
• May be involved in safety committees or initiatives.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Welding

Blueprint reading

Safety awareness

Height tolerance

Tools

Welding equipment

Job description

NABRICO Marine Products is searching for a Senior Welder in our Caruthersville, MO barge plant.

NABRICO Marine Products is a leading U.S. manufacturer of barges that transport dry and liquid cargoes on inland waterways.

NABRICO Marine Products manufactures tank barges that carry petroleum and other refined products, chemicals, fertilizer, ethanol, and other liquid cargoes. NABRICO Marine Products also manufactures dry cargo barges, including flat-deck and hopper barges that transport a variety of products, such as grain, coal, and aggregates.

Our Welders get to see the products they’ve built on waterways across the country. As a Senior Welder, you’ll apply appropriate welding processes to join, surface, fabricate, and repair parts of metal or other weldable materials according to layouts, work orders, blueprints, schematics, and sketches using manual, auto welding, and/or semi-automatic welding equipment.

What You’ll Do

• Follow Welding Procedure Specifications (WPS)
• Proficiently perform flat (1F), horizontal (2F), vertical (3F), and overhead (4F) fillet welds
• Proficiently perform flat (1G), horizontal (2G), vertical (3G), and overhead (4G) groove welds
• Inspect you own welds to make sure all Quality requirements are met
• Follow all safety rules and practices
• May be involved in safety committees or initiatives
• Perform other duties as assigned

What You’ll Need

• Minimum of 2 years of FCAW weld experience
• Understand weld layout and processes
• Ability to read blueprints
• Satisfactorily pass vertical and overhead fillet welding as well as groove welding tests using manual and semi-automatic welding processes
• Must demonstrate ability to carbon arc gouge and to use the oxy-fuel cutting process
• Must be able to inspect own finished welds to meet quality standards
• Must be able to perform welding work while wearing all required personal protective equipment including, but not limited to, a filtering face piece and/or tight fitting respirator
• May require working above ground (15 ft or more)
• Must be able to climb ladders or stairs to reach objects; comfortable with heights
• May require working in narrow or confined work spaces for extended periods of time
• May require extensive kneeling, bending, walking and/or standing for long periods of time