Welder Helper

Welder Helper Job Highlights

Company Profile

Koch Industries is one of the largest private companies in America. The company has a diverse set of businesses and industries across the world. It offers abundant opportunities to improve life’s most necessary things – like food, clothing, water, transportation, and technology.

Optimized Process Designs, LLC (OPD) is a name in the natural gas industry that has become synonymous with quality design and construction, competitive pricing, and on-time delivery of processing, treating, and compression facilities.

Job Profile

The company is searching for a Welder Helper to join its maintenance team.

Educational Qualification

• No education level is mentioned, yet having a High School Diploma will be a plus

Work Experience

• Possess 6 months of previous experience as a welder helper

Preferred Requirements

• Experience in a gas plant construction environment
• Familiar with all aspects of welding and their impact on the project
• Past exposure to different metals including carbon, stainless steel, and galvanized steel
• Previous experience working in a shop environment

Duties/Responsibilities

• Ability to work safely and accurately.
• Adjust temperature on welding machine at the direction of the welder
• Assist welder with setting up and moving the rig between work areas
• Assisting welder with making sure that welder has all materials required for welding: rods, grinding discs
• Being familiar with different types of metals
• Clean work area and restock supplies and materials as necessary
• Cleaning welds with a buffer or grinder
• Operate tools and equipment including: beveling machines, cut-off grinders, hammers, torches, magnetic drills, welding machines, and a Saw-Zall.

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities

• Must be able and willing to attend mandatory safety meetings
• Must be able to meet all physical requirements
• Must be able to read, write and communicate in English
• Must be willing and able to work shifts up to 12 hours per day and 7 days per week
• Must know how to clean welds with a buffer or grinder for the welder

Work Expectations

• Actively participate in a strong safety culture
• Be aware of changing conditions on an active jobsite
• Be on time to the jobsite each day ready for work
• Display a positive attitude and be able to work in a team environment
• Follow OPD and client safety policies and procedures
• High attention to detail to avoid reworks and errors
• Participate in onsite safety meetings
• Recognize safety hazards and risks

Physical Demands

• Lifting and carrying awkward objects up to 60 lbs.
• Moving the entire body. Considerable use of arms, legs, climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, crawling, twisting, reaching, and bending on a regular basis.
• Must be able to work on elevated platforms and maintain balance when stepping on narrow platforms such as beams and pipes. Must be able to perform these activities while wearing an approved full-body harness and lanyard.
• Standing for extended periods of time up to 11 hours per day. Breaks are given in 2.5 hour intervals
• Use hands to handle, control, and feel objects or tools.

Benefits/Perks

• The company provides essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength – focusing on overall well-being.

Employer’s Statement

Koch Industries is an Equal Opportunity Employer.