MIG Welder - Steel & Aluminum

Job Description

Job Description

Under direct supervision, this position will perform MIG welding of both steel and aluminum sign components.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Recognize, set up, and operate hand and power tools common to the welding trade, such as shielded metal arc and gas metal arc welding equipment.
• Read blueprints, work orders, or production schedules to determine product or job instructions or specifications.
• Lay out, fit, or connect parts to be bonded, calculating production measurements, as necessary.
• Select, position, align, and bolt jigs, holding fixtures, guides, or stops onto machines, using measuring instruments and hand tools.
• Mark weld points and positions of components on workpieces, using rules, squares, templates, or scribes.
• Transfer components, metal products, or assemblies, using moving equipment.
• Prepare metal surfaces or workpieces, using hand-operated equipment, such as grinders, cutters, or drills.
• MIG Weld steel sign components that include steel plate, steel angle and steel tubing up to 1 ½” thick.
• MIG Weld aluminum sign components that include aluminum angle and aluminum extrusion up to ¼” thick.
• Monitor the fitting, burning, and welding processes to avoid overheating of parts or warping, shrinking, distortion, or expansion of material.
• Chip or grind off excess weld, slag, or spatter, using hand scrapers or power chippers, portable grinders, or arc-cutting equipment.

Skills:

• Critical Thinking — Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Judgment and Decision Making — Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
• Attention to Detail — Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks
• Mathematics — Using mathematics to solve problems- i.e. adding, subtracting, and converting decimals and fractions.

Required Qualifications (Measurable):

• 1-3 years of manual labor experience
• 2+ years of MIG welding experience preferred
• 1-3 years of heavy assembly experience (non-automotive) in a manufacturing setting (preferred)
• Welding Technology degree or Welding certificate (preferred)
• High School diploma or equivalent

Other Physical/Mental Requirements:

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions:
• Ability to operate in a production-driven environment and perform at the required standards.
• Sedentary and physical activity requiring reaching, bending, kneeling, stooping, pulling, carrying, balancing, lifting, finger dexterity, grasping, feeling, repetitive motions, talking and hearing.
• Visual requirement is for close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and ability to adjust focus.
• Lifting Requirements: Frequently lifting up to 30 lbs. Infrequently lifting 50 lbs. or more
• Required to stand, walk (or otherwise be mobile).
• Ability to deal with stressful situations as they arise.

Stewart Signs is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. Stewart Signs strictly prohibits and does not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants, or any other covered persons because of race, color, sex (including pregnancy), age, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state, or local protected class. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, training, promotion, discipline, compensation, benefits, and termination of employment.

Stewart Signs complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), as amended by the ADA Amendments Act, and all applicable state or local law.