Custom Fitter Welder

Job Highlights

Title	Custom Fitter Welder
Type	Full Time (2nd, 3rd shift)
Experience	Not Indicated
Function	Management/Manufacturing
Location	Valley, NE, United States
Company	Valmont

Company Profile

Valmont modernizes vital infrastructure and increases agricultural productivity, sustainably and reliably. The company galvanizes steel to last a century with minimal environmental impact.

Job Profile

The company is recruiting a Custom Fitter Welder who will operate welding equipment to build and weld poles using GMAW (MIG), and Flux Core (FCAW) welding.

The Custom Fitter must be certified in MIG and FCAW welding to meet AWS requirements as well as specialized certifications to customer requirements.

Be required to weld in flat and horizontal positions and rotational welds.

Adjusts welding equipment to its prescribed settings, and operates oxy/acetylene burning and plasma cutting equipment. Prepares poles for final weld-off.

Uses IFS labor reporting system, standard shop forms, move tags, reads, and utilizes blueprints.

May also occasionally be called upon to operate Base Press, Rounder, Straightener, and forklift provided employee is qualified.

Work on a product that is up to 84 inches in diameter and up to 30,000 lbs.

Education Level

• Not mentioned, yet a High School Diploma will be a plus

Work Experience

• Minimum of 3 years of welding experience
• Pass and maintain weld certificates for AWS, CWB, and several other customers required certifications in GMAW and FCAW welding

Duties/Responsibilities

• Check set-up and first piece parts
• Determine when weld quality falls below acceptability and take corrective action or report to QA, Lead person, or Supervisor
• Load on or load off completed parts
• Perform job duties of a Welder A and Welder B, as needed
• Record labor when complete and move the tag
• Set fixtures and jigs to blueprint measurements
• Set up machines to the proper requirements so that usable parts are produced
• Use blueprints to determine which weld procedure to use to ensure weld soundness and integrity
• Weld and cleaning of welds

Important Roles-

• Communicate with co-employees and supervisors
• Must be able to manufacture products per shop drawings.
• Operates forklifts and overhead cranes.
• Performs housekeeping duties in shop and work sites.
• Requires the use of common shop mathematics, in feet, inches, degrees, and fractions, in reading complex prints, and standard specifications.
• This position reports to the department’s Production Supervisor

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities

• Ability to locate information from a computer
• Ability to read and decipher Lighting, Comm Tower and Utility blueprints, and flat sheets without assistance and use them to properly set up and weld scheduled work
• Accurately read and use a tape measure, compass, micrometer, mag level, protractor, versa gauge, and caliper
• Actively participate in department LEAN and Safety activities of the department, and demonstrated performance working in a team environment
• Demonstrate a commitment to Safety through excellent safety practices and behaviors and conform to all Valmont safety policies and procedures
• Demonstrated ability to set up, operate, and perform general maintenance of equipment without difficulty
• Make mathematical calculations to finish welding the product to the proper specifications
• The ability to lift, carry, push, or pull up to 50 lbs. although the most frequent lift is under 20 lbs.
• The ability to physically perform the requirements of the tasks assigned

Credible Qualifications

• 1 year of previous experience operating a forklift
• A working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Outlook, and IFS
• Must have a high awareness of safety at all times

Benefits/Perks

• 401k retirement plan with company match
• Employer-paid life insurance
• Employer-paid short-term and long-term disability including maternity leave
• Healthcare (medical, prescription drugs, dental and vision)
• Paid time off
• Tuition Reimbursement up to $5,250 per year
• Voluntary programs like tobacco cessation, Type 2 diabetes reversal, one-on-one health coaching, mortgage services, and more
• Work-Life Support

Employer’s Statement

Valmont is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.