Fabricator/Welder

Fabricator/Welder Job Highlights

Company Profile

RJ Watson is a diversified design and manufacturing company. It combines the power of innovation with engineering and fabrication and constantly improves the essentials to meet the demanding needs of the heavy construction industry.

Job Profile

The company is looking for a Fabricator/Welder who will assist in the fabrication shop

Educational Qualification

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

Work Experience

• Possess prior experience in working in a manufacturing environment (a requirement)
• Experience fabricating finger joints, expansion joints, and armored joints (helpful)
• Heat straightening and mechanical straightening experience (helpful)
• Preferred experience in using cutting torches, Iron-workers, band saws, and mag drills.
• Rigging and overhead crane experience (required)

Duties/Responsibilities

• Communicate material quality issues to quality and supervisory personnel.
• Coordinate part movement from tack welding to production welding workstations.
• Determine additional processing requirements other than welding and ensure they are incorporated into the part traveler.
• Discuss and disseminate project requirements with management and other personnel.
• Effectively plan welding and other processing operations to achieve the required results.
• Identify and incorporate bracing into tack-welded subassemblies to control distortion during production welding.
• Inspect and set up welding equipment for proper and safe use
• Inspect base metals for anomalies including the condition of holes and identify those requiring repair by welding or other means.
• Mark layout lines for component part locations forming subassemblies compliant with shop drawing details.
• Monitor and document progress toward the completion of production welding.
• Preheat and measure material temperature in preparation for tack welding as necessary.
• Properly and safely handle workpieces using overhead crane equipment.
• Read and understand shop drawings, weld symbols, and WPSs.
• Set up and operate equipment for cutting, bending, milling, drilling, and other operations as required for various materials.
• Stamp subassemblies with required permanent identification markings.
• Tack weld component parts sufficiently to ensure their proper placement, alignment, and orientation in the subassembly is achieved on completion of production welding.
• Understand the requirements of the pertinent AWS welding code.
• Verify component parts of weldment comply dimensionally with a shop drawing details including weld preparations.
• Verify subassemblies comply dimensionally with shop drawings after the completion of tack welding and bracing.
• Other duties as necessary.

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities

• Must have strong math skills and mechanical aptitude

Benefits/Perks

• 4 Health Insurance Options to Choose From
• Hourly rate will be commensurate with experience
• Optional 401(k)
• Optional Dental, Vision, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, and Life Insurance
• Paid Holidays
• Paid Time Off

Employer’s Statement

RJ Watson is an Equal Opportunity Employer.