Welder

Welder 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.

Koch Specialty Plant Services (KSPS) is a world leader in providing tower, vessel, and mass transfer equipment services to the refining and chemical industry.

Job Profile

The company (KSPS) is looking for a Welder to join its team for various locations within the U.S.

Educational Qualification

• Applicants may be required a High School Diploma or GED

Work Experience

• Possess 2 years of general welding experience or successful completion of a vocational welding training program

Other Requirements-

• Flux Core – ½” Plate, (3) Position FCAW, E71-T-1M (75/25 Ar/CO2)
• GTAW (TIG) Test – 2” XXH, 6G, GTAW/SMAW, with open root, ER70S2/E7018 or E309L
• Must be able to pass a weld qualification test. Weld test(s) administered will be specific to the project currently being staffed. You will be administered at least one of the following:
• Must be able to provide your own transportation to job locations throughout the US.
• Must be willing and able to meet all Company and Customer project entry requirements including training, background check, and drug test.
• Must have current TWIC Card or ability to obtain one if required.
• Nozzle Test – 2.75” OD x .625” THK, 6G, SMAW with a backing ring, welded with various filler metal
• Overlay Test – 4” S40, 6G or (3) position plate test, SMAW, single or double pass, using various filler metal
• Plate Test – ½” Plate, (3) Position SMAW, welded with various filler metal

Duties/Responsibilities

• Weld according to engineering specifications on plant process equipment and structural steel.
• Possess a basic understanding and application of making boiler repairs on pressure vessels such as; reactors, exchangers, piping, towers, and drums.

Credible Things

• A welding certificate or vocational welding training
• Basic Plus Orientation and Confined Space Training
• Must have 1 year or more of industrial plant experience making weld repairs to coded pressure vessels, reactors, towers, and drums
• Successful completion of an NCCER craft assessment test

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities

• Ability to read, write, and speak in English

Physical Demands

• Candidates must also be capable of climbing ladders, and scaffolds, and working at heights.
• Candidates must be able to lift and carry up to 50 lbs., unassisted.
• Candidates must be able to work long hours and all shift schedules that may require up to twelve hours a day, seven days a week for extended durations.
• Must be able to perform work wearing personal protective equipment including but not limited to rain gear, chemical protective clothing, supplied air and air-purifying respirators, safety harnesses, FRC coveralls, hard hats, ear plugs, and safety glasses, etc.
• Respiratory Protection Fit-Testing and Pulmonary Function Testing are required. Additional examinations, such as a pre-employment physical, hearing, or vision test may be required per client guidelines.
• Good manual dexterity for the use of common hand tools, and power tools and the ability to navigate around obstacles in a petrochemical environment are necessary.

Work Environment

• The job will primarily be on or around construction/turnaround sites in petrochemical operational units and include possible hazardous environments such as confined spaces and working at heights.
• Exposure to loud noises, fumes, sparks, vibrations, dust, dirt, irritants and smoke may occur.
• Special Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) may be necessary to control some hazardous environments.
• Additional forms of PPE may be required depending on the project.
• Safety requirements must be verified and meet standards set forth by client permits, policies, and procedures, and be performed in compliance with all federal, state, and local laws or ordinances before work activities can begin.

Benefits/Perks

• The company offers benefit plans that include medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, and educational assistance.
• They may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave, and adoption assistance.

Employer’s Statement

Koch Industries is an Equal Opportunity Employer – disability and protected veteran status.