Welder_Lead

NABRICO Marine Products; Caruthersville (MO); On-site; USD 52,000 - 78,000; Full time

Job summary

NABRICO Marine Products is seeking a Lead Welder for our Caruthersville, MO barge plant. You will lead a team of welders and ensure welding processes align with layouts, work orders, and blueprints using manual, auto, and semi-automatic welding equipment.

Responsibilities include leading weld teams, following WPS, mastering 1F–4F fillet welds and 1G–4G groove welds, inspecting own welds, and upholding safety policies. OT, weekends, and holidays may be required.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3+ years of FCAW welding experience.
• Ability to read and interpret blueprints and layouts.
• Proficient in welding processes for flat, horizontal, vertical and overhead positions.
• Must pass vertical/overhead fillet and groove welding tests.
• Must inspect own welds for quality and safety compliance.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of welders to meet production goals.
• Follow Welding Procedure Specifications (WPS).
• Perform 1F–4F fillet welds and 1G–4G groove welds as required.
• Inspect your own welds to ensure quality standards.
• Follow all safety rules and participate in safety initiatives.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

FCAW welding

Read blueprints

Welding layout

Fillet welding

Groove welding

Safety compliance

Overtime willingness

Job description

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Full Time Welding Caruthersville, MO, US

NABRICO Marine Products is searching for a Lead 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 Lead Welder atNABRICO Marine Products, you will lead a team of welders and make sure they 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:

• Lead a team of welders to achieve productions goals.
• 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 3 or more 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 oxyfuel 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 workspaces for extended periods of time
• May require extensive kneeling, bending, walking and/or standing for long periods of time
• Willing to work overtime, weekends and holidays as needed