Welder

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 seeking a Welder who will perform all types of mechanical jobs throughout the plant and quarry, during regular operation schedule and mechanical maintenance.

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 shovel and broom
• Maintain necessary maintenance records
• Make and use sketches and drawings
• Perform maintenance modifications, cut, and layout work
• Perform other tasks as assigned by the supervisor or Leadman
• 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

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 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
• Electrical and mechanical knowledge to detect potential safety hazards and breakdown of plant and quarry machinery and equipment and respond accordingly
• 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
• To cut and mount fabricated components needed to repair equipment

Work Conditions

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

Physical Requirements

• 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
• 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
• Must be able to perform all job functions which include, but may not be limited to, pushing, turning, or pulling controls
• Regularly required to talk and hear, in order to communicate to employees/visitors as well as function safely around heavy rolling equipment

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.