Welding Apprentice: Long Seam Welder in Training

Sabre Industries, Inc.; Sioux City (IA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental & Vision coverage

401(k) with Company Match

Continuing Education & Tuition Reimb.

Life and Disability Coverage

Paid Time Off & Paid Holidays

Health and Wellness Resources

Employee Discounts

Job summary

Sabre Industries, Inc. in Sioux City, IA is seeking a Long Seam Welder to operate, adjust, and inspect welds for 100% penetration on specified shafts. You will read drawings, prepare welds, and ensure adherence to welding procedures and codes.

The role requires the ability to interpret flatsheets, preheat as needed, and operate crane equipment to position parts. Candidates must have basic math skills, print reading ability, and willingness to work in a manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED Equivalent preferred.
• Basic shop mathematics knowledge.
• Proficiency in reading complex prints and specifications.
• Must know how to properly use a weld gauge.
• Read and write.
• Regular and timely attendance is required.

Responsibilities

• Performs visual inspection of the entire length of each seam to identify areas requiring repair.
• Reads and interprets drawings and/or computer print out “flatsheets” to determine requirement for 100% penetration welds.
• Grinds and/or air-arc gouges areas as necessary in preparation for welding.
• Adjusts welding machine to achieve desired results within parameters of established welding procedures.
• Using specified welding process (FCAW, GMAW, and/or SAW,) welds required areas to obtain 100% penetration.
• Reads and interprets applicable specifications and welding codes and procedures to determine preheat requirements.
• Uses oxy-fuel heating torch to preheat work specified temperature.
• Uses instruments provided to measure temperature of the material.
• Reads and interprets work orders and daily production schedules.
• Writes entries on daily production log to show work completed.
• Uses overhead crane to position work in pole-rollers and to move completed poles to designated areas.
• Adds, subtracts, multiplies, and divides feet, inches, fractions, and decimals.
• Uses tables to convert fractions to decimals and decimals to fractions.
• Visually inspects his/her work to assure that welds have been completed satisfactorily in accordance with applicable drawings, specifications, and codes.
• Assists and instructs other welders when needed to overcome deficiencies in quality and/or productivity.
• Wears protective equipment including safety glasses, insulated welding gloves, leather sleeves, and/or cape, face shield, and welding hood to protect himself from hot metal, arc rays, grinding debris, and other potentially harmful conditions.
• Inspects end of poles for straightness and squareness of edge cuts. Trims and/or grinds as necessary, in order to leave ends suitable for shipment to customer, or for fit up base plates.
• Uses power drills to drill and/or ream holes in pole sections as required by drawings.
• Welds other products in his or her area using either FCAW or GMAW process.
• Assembles two piece developments.
• Determines amperage and voltage settings, feed rate settings, required weld procedures, weld size and amount of penetration required.
• Grinds and/or cleans seams to ensure the required penetration and necessary UT quality weld.
• Performs daily, weekly, monthly operator preventive maintenance on seam weld machine.
• Adjust amperage, voltage, speed rates, and machine pressures constantly throughout the welding process to compensate for variations from the cutting and bending operations and the material variations.
• Additional duties as assigned.

Skills

Shop math

Print reading

Weld gauge use

Reading & writing

Education

High School Diploma or GED Equivalent

Job description

Sabre Industries, Inc. in Sioux City, IA is seeking a Long Seam Welder to operate, adjust, and inspect welds for 100% penetration on specified shafts. You will read drawings, prepare welds, and ensure adherence to welding procedures and codes.

The role requires the ability to interpret flatsheets, preheat as needed, and operate crane equipment to position parts. Candidates must have basic math skills, print reading ability, and willingness to work in a manufacturing environment.