Welding Technician - Plant Specialist & Training Leader

Arcosa Inc.; Clinton (IL); On-site; USD 55,000 - 71,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

Paid vacation and sick time

401k with Employer Match

11 paid Company holidays

Life Insurance

Short-Term and Long-Term Disability

Tuition reimbursement

Health & Wellness Programs

Flexible Spending Accounts

Employee Discount Programs

Professional Training and Development

Career Advancement Opportunities

Job summary

Arcosa Inc. is seeking a Plant Welding Technician at the Clinton, IL facility to provide welding support, troubleshoot techniques, and drive process improvements.

You will train shop-floor personnel and help qualify welding procedures to ensure code conformance and high-quality welds across FCAW, SAW, and SMAW processes. The role requires hands-on welding, inspection skill, and the ability to work with drawings, symbols, and WPS docs in a team-focused environment.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years FCAW, SAW, SMAW welding experience.
• Able to read and comprehend welding symbols, procedures and drawings.
• Working knowledge of AWS D1.1 welding procedures.
• Proficient with weld inspection tools and QA records.
• Strong communication and teamwork abilities.
• Experience with welding procedure specifications is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provide welding support to production welders and supervisors.
• Troubleshoot welding technique and equipment issues.
• Maintain welder continuity and calibrate equipment.
• Evaluate and implement welding process improvements.
• Perform welding training on shop floor and in classroom.
• Assist in qualifying welding procedure specifications.
• Oversee daily pole school operations.
• Maintain welder candidate training, testing and qualification records.
• Provide hands-on training for FCAW, SAW, SMAW, plasma/oxyfuel cutting, gouging.
• Conduct classroom training on safety, welding processes, symbols, drawings.

Skills

FCAW/SAW/SMAW welding

Welding inspection tools

Read welding symbols & drawings

AWS D1.1 knowledge

Teamwork & communication

Welding procedure interpretation

Education

Welding-related associate degree

Tools

Welding meters

Fillet gauges

Undercut gauges

WPS references reading

Job description

Arcosa Inc. is seeking a Plant Welding Technician at the Clinton, IL facility to provide welding support, troubleshoot techniques, and drive process improvements.

You will train shop-floor personnel and help qualify welding procedures to ensure code conformance and high-quality welds across FCAW, SAW, and SMAW processes. The role requires hands-on welding, inspection skill, and the ability to work with drawings, symbols, and WPS docs in a team-focused environment.