Welder

  • Full-time
  • Shift: 1st Shift

Company Description

Enprotech Industrial Technologies is a team of passionate people, with can-do attitudes who act safely and with urgency and passion to provide high value and innovative solutions to our customers. We are the largest supplier of repair, rebuilding, and field services for the metal forming and steel industry in North America. Our facilities are equipped to provide our customers with exceptional engineering, machining, welding, fabrication and machine assembly and disassembly capabilities.

Job Description

About the role

  • Welds metal parts together, using both gas welding or brazing and any combination of arc welding processes.
  • Performs related tasks, such as thermal cutting and grinding.
  • Repairs broken or cracked parts, fills holes, and increases size of metal parts.
  • May locate and repair cracks using inspection equipment, gas torch or air arc.
  • Positions and clamps together components of fabricated metal products preparatory to welding.
  • Lays out parts and assemblies according to specifications.  Creates templates and other work aids to hold and align parts. Able rig ( cranes) and fixture parts to be welded.
  • Welds components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions, and adjusts amperage, voltage, and speed during joining to assure required weld deposit
  • Inspects grooves, angles, gap allowances, and related aspects of assembly to ensure conformance to specifications, using micrometer, caliper, and related precision measuring instruments
  • Familiar with welding gases and appropriate uses Determines type of welding to be used, such as metallic arc, inert gas, electrode, and oven treatment, applying knowledge of metals to be joined, contours and angles to be formed, and specified stress tolerances.
  • Pre-heat parts for effective welding
  • Know how to set up welding machines. Must be proficient in using and adjusting MIG welders to the proper amperage and voltage for welding with various sizes of flux core wire.
  • Perform quality work checks to insure the product meets quality standards, using a variety of inspection

Qualifications

Knowledge and abilities

Ability to:

  • read, interpret and follow basic blueprints, engineering drawings, bill of materials, and other written instructions or procedures to accurately weld and fabricate
  • interpret welding symbols in regards to determining what type of weld the prints call for and where the weld is to be placed
  • check over engineering drawings and specifications to plan welding operations where procedural information is unavailable
  • work with typical shop equipment and power tools, operate overhead cranes and fork trucks with proficiency
  • inspect welded joints,  grooves, angles, gap allowances, and related aspects of assembly to ensure conformance to specifications, using micrometer, caliper, and related precision measuring instruments
  • use and adjusting MIG welders to the proper amperage and voltage for welding with various sizes of flux core wire
  • determine what type of weld wire is used on different metals and what type of gas is used with the various welding wires.
  • handle tasks involving moderate physical exertion, and must also be able to stoop, bend, twist, and climb while working in rather confined areas at times
  • wear a respirator or a positive-pressure welding hood if or when required
  • achieve time and quality standards without compromising welding safety standards.
  • operate overhead crane to position or move work piece
  • demonstrate basic welding skills during initial test, which requires vertical and horizontal multiple-pass fillet welding on a small scale with 1/16 inch inch flux core and solid welding wire
  • use air, power and hand tools, especially a torch and grinder
  • function independently within context of  group’s day-to-day activities
  • properly pre-heat parts for effective welding
  • work overtime and weekends as work load dictates

Education, qualifications and certifications

  • High school diploma or equivalent, technical training and certifications a plus

Experience

  • Have 2-5 years of ,stick, tig  and mig welding  experience in a manufacturing environment

Additional Information

The benefits of joining our team

Because we seek to hire the best people, we work hard to provide benefits that make their lives better, so we offer a comprehensive benefit program which features:

  • health coverage for you and your family through medical, dental and vision plans
  • a 401(k) plan in with a generous company match
  • financial protection through disability, life, and accidental death & dismemberment insurance plans
  • tax advantages through flexible spending accounts that allow you to pay for specific health-care and dependent care expenses with pre-tax dollars
  • a generous paid time off program in which the benefits increase along with your tenure with the company

When you join our team, you do more than simply switch companies to progress your career. You become part of our family, a group of talented women and men who drive business success.

Enprotech Corp and its subsidiaries is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability status, or any other applicable characteristics protected by law. All employment decisions are made based on qualifications, merit and business need.