Welders

Alloway Standard Inc.; Fargo, Northern (ND, KY); Hybrid; USD 28,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Alloway Standard Inc. is seeking a skilled welder responsible for applying welding processes to join, fabricate, and repair metal parts. You will operate and maintain welding tools safely to meet quality and production standards.

Responsibilities include welding with hand tools or flame-cutting equipment, reading blueprints and tape measures, fabricating simple to moderately complex items, and following all safety and quality requirements in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or Equivalent is required.
• 1-2 years welding experience preferred.
• Able to read blueprints, shop drawings, and tape measure.
• Must communicate in English and follow safety rules.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Use hand-welding or flame-cutting equipment to weld or join metal components or to fill holes, indentations, or seams of fabricated metal products.
• Fabricate simple structural and tank products with minimal supervision.
• Fabricate moderately complex items with supervision.
• Read a tape measure (imperial and metric).
• Operate and understand lifting and rigging techniques and standard layout tools.
• Follow all company safety and quality requirements.

Skills

Blueprint reading

Tape measure reading

Math skills

Communication skills

Safety awareness

Teamwork

Attention to detail

Education

High School Diploma or Equivalent

Tools

Welding equipment setup

Shop math

Job description

This position will be responsible for applying appropriate welding processes to join, fabricate, and repair material to create a variety of parts. The welder is responsible to operate and maintain welding tools and equipment in a safe and accurate manner to achieve the quality and production standards of the company.

Responsibilities

• Use hand-welding or flame-cutting equipment to weld or join metal components or to fill holes, indentations, or seams of fabricated metal products
• Ability to fabricate simple structural and tank products with minimal supervision
• Ability to fabricate moderately complex items with supervision
• Ability to read a tape measure (imperial and metric)
• Effective operate common layout tools
• Operate forklift as needed
• Operate and understand proper lifting and rigging techniques
• Follow all company safety and quality requirements
• Perform all other duties as required by management

Education & Work Experience

• High School Diploma or Equivalent (Required)
• 1-2 years of welding experience (Preferred)

Knowledge and Skills

• Must know how to read blueprints, shop drawings, and tape measure
  • Receives work orders and prints and use shop calculations/math if necessary; works from complex drawings, prints, templates, and specifications
  • Interpret and apply shop drawing information, including weld symbol designations, with limited assistance
• Excellent skills in Math
• Exhibit knowledge of material identification, equipment utilization and welding equipment set-up and maintenance
• General knowledge of equipment and operations including shears, press brakes, plasma cutting operation, sandblasting, flanging, rolling equipment, drills, and forklift as needed
• Ability to operate and understand overhead hoist operation and proper lifting and rigging techniques
• Strong communication skills; ability to communicate and understand both written and verbal instructions in English
• Ability to work in a fast-paced manufacturing environment
• Ability to work well alone and with others
• Ability to work safely and accurately

Physical Requirements

• Capacity to bend, sit, stand, and stoop for periods during normal job duties as required
• Ability to work in a noisy environment.
• Ability to regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
• Ability to work in a fast-paced industrial environment wearing hearing protection, vision protection, hard-hat, steel-toed shoes, and other appropriate protective clothing.
• Accountability: Ability to accept responsibility and account for his/her actions.
• Accuracy: Ability to perform work accurately and thoroughly.
• Honesty/Integrity: Ability to be truthful and be seen as credible in the workplace.
• Initiative: Ability to make decisions or take actions to solve a problem or reach a goal.
• Reliability: The trait of being dependable and trustworthy.