Job Description
Main missions
- Meet weld specifications for ASME code specs, which include 100% penetrated welds with x-ray quality.
Must have experience with TIG/MIG welders.
Provide support for Lean manufacturing and continuous improvement initiatives, companywide.
Main duties
• Utilize plasma, gas or electric arc in welding metallic and composite materials together
• Heat and dissolve metal parts to obtain molten substance used in welding or extrusion
• Oversee the installation of tank linings, valves, lead pipes, and floor
• Conduct x-ray, hydrostatic, and tolerance tests on welded parts to verify weld quality and conformance to specification
• Operate manual and semi-automatic welding equipment in vertical, horizontal, or overhead positions
• Use powersaws, chipping knife and hand shears in cutting, beveling, and contouring metal workpieces
• Repair structures by dismantling, reshaping, and reassembling metal components using cutting torches and handtools
• Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of local and international building codes/legal requirements
• Monitor work equipment to ensure usage is within optimum temperature to avoid overheating or expansion
• Prepare metal surfaces by cleaning with chemical solutions and wire brushes to remove impurities such as scale, rust, grease, and moisture
• Design patterns and models for a welding project using specifications contained in a blueprint
• Direct electrodes on or across metal workpieces to melt, bend or straighten them
• Mount and secure workpieces on production equipment using cranes, hoists or banding machines
• Conduct estimates to determine the amount and cost of materials required for construction
• Mix and apply protective or decorative coat on finished products.
Other duties, reporting, special assignments or projects as needed and assigned.
Job specificities
- On call service: Yes
Job Qualifications
- Education: Secondary education / High school diploma / On-the-job training
- Professional experience required: < 3 years
Competencies
- Has knowledge of metrology
- Is able to read blueprints - welding symbols
- Has knowledge of safety concept for a process equipment
- Has tig or Mag welding skills; uses submerged arc; plasma machine skills
- Uses metrology instruments
- Performs weld technical controls
- Is able to work in a team
- Has skills in hoisting and operating lifting equipment