Industrial Welder

Industrial Welder Job Highlights

Company Profile

CEMEX is a global building materials company that provides high-quality products and reliable service to customers and communities around the world.

Job Profile

The company is looking to hire an Industrial Welder who will perform all types of mechanical jobs throughout the plant and quarry, during regular operation schedules and mechanical maintenance.

The welding jobs include actual equipment and machinery or new pieces of equipment and structures needed for the normal operation of the plant and quarry.

This job interfaces, on a daily basis, with the rest of the operations in this location. The employee holding this job must perform the work activities in a correct, accurate, and timely fashion due to the fact that every single work activity in our line of business is crucial for the whole operation.

Educational Qualification

• No education level is mentioned, yet applicants may be required a High School Diploma

Work Experience

• Possess 3 years of welding experience
• 3 years of industry-related experience

Duties/Responsibilities

• Assist and performs emergency repairs throughout the plant and quarry
• Assist maintenance personnel during repairs and erection of metal structures
• Coordinate and oversee the work of other maintenance and plant personnel
• Identify and select necessary metal and equipment, including mechanical equipment
• Inspects equipment reported malfunctions and carries out required repairs as needed
• Lead one or more repairman welders during welding jobs or repairs
• Maintain good housekeeping in the plant and work areas-using shovels and broom
• Maintain necessary maintenance records
• Make and use sketches and drawings
• Perform maintenance modifications, cut, and layout work
• Perform pipefitting work, requiring welded joints or connections
• Perform steel structural work on buildings
• Perform welding jobs using electric, acetylene, or arc-air equipment evaluates and coordinate welding needs and repairs
• Performs necessary repairs to welding equipment
• Prevent damage to machinery, equipment, tools, and material
• Replace or assist other workers as needed or directed
• Use bars, calipers, gauges, precision instruments, hand tools, and wrenches
• Perform other tasks as assigned by the supervisor or Leadman

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities

• Ability to carry out not only simple but complex oral and written instructions and deal with problems from standardized situations and work experience
• Ability to communicate well with supervisors, mechanics, leadmen, welders, maintenance personnel and co-workers, and outside contractors
• Ability to comprehend additional training in relation to the performing of the work duties
• Ability to develop other technical and management skills for future promotion
• Ability to develop, read, and use mechanical, electrical, and structural sketches, blueprints, and drawings in order to perform repairs, structural metal modifications, or erect structures
• Ability to identify and select the appropriate metals and their properties, electrodes, and any other necessary element and/or materials to perform the correct welding work and welding technique
• Ability to operate standard and automatic welding machines, equipment, and powered mechanic tools
• Ability to read and understand English sufficiently to be able to read technical information contained in manuals, reports, and welding work-related instruction, including safety issues and matters
• Good mathematical skills, including basic math, fractions, and conversions of four-five digit numbers and common units of measurement in both metric and the decimal system
• High level of attentiveness and physical coordination to perform the work activities safely and productively
• Possess knowledge, skills, and abilities or be able to demonstrate that the individual can perform the essential functions of the job, with or without reasonable accommodations, using some combination of skills and abilities
• To cut and mount fabricated components needed to repair equipment

Working Conditions

• Most of the work tasks (80%) are performed outdoors and subject to environmental and weather conditions and changes

Physical Requirements

• Lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, or moving 75 pounds and over with frequent lifting or carrying odd-shaped objects weighing up to 75 pounds, and up to 50 pounds of force constantly to move objects
• Electrical and mechanical knowledge to detect potential safety hazards and breakdown of plant and quarry machinery and equipment and respond accordingly
• Requires walking, sitting, lifting, pushing, pulling, and climbing to a significant degree
• Heavy Work-Exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, up to 50 pounds of force frequently, or up to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects
• Regularly required to talk and hear, in order to communicate to employees/visitors as well as function safely around heavy rolling equipment
• Must be able to perform all job functions which include, but may not be limited to, pushing, turning, or pulling controls

Benefits/Perks

• The company offers competitive wages, career growth, and excellent benefits including health, dental, vision plans, vacation or paid time off, employee assistance programs, and retirement plan options.

Employer’s Statement

CEMEX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The company does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital or familial status, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by under federal, state or local law.