Welder

Job Highlights

Company Profile

Tenneco is a leading designer, manufacturer, and marketer of automotive products for original equipment and aftermarket customers.

Job Profile

The company is looking for a Welder who will lay out, fit, and weld various components to assemble mufflers, pipes, and catalytic converters to meet production schedules efficiently by performing the following duties.

Education Level

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

Work Experience

• Previous experience as a Mig Welder (preferred)
• Must complete Walker in-house certification process.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Bolts, clamps, and tack-welds parts to secure in position for welding.
• Completes all necessary paperwork such as job cards, production and inventory tickets, and other data as required.
• Completes annual reviews of OSHA-required training classes as assigned by supervisor.
• Inspects parts, measuring as needed, to ensure that all products meet or exceed quality standards. Follows quality procedures to meet QS/TS guidelines including those listed in the Station Control Plan.
• Lays out, positions, aligns, and fits components together according to blueprint and route card specifications.
• Maintains a high standard of housekeeping in the department. Performs clean-up duties in the work area as assigned.
• Repairs products by dismantling, straightening, reshaping, and reassembling parts.
• Reports all safety malfunctions as well as any near hits or injuries immediately to the supervisor.
• Sets up equipment and welds parts, using arc, gas-shielded arc, Mig, Tig, or Gas welding equipment.
• Working from a blueprint and route card, selects equipment and plans layout, assembly, and welding.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities

• Language Skills – Ability to read and comprehend blueprints, simple instructions, short correspondence, memos, or other written documents such as safety rules, operating instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to interact cooperatively with supervision and co-workers.
• Mathematical Skills – Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. May be required to convert decimals to fractions or vice versa. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent. Ability to use and interpret measuring gauges.
• Reasoning Ability -Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations. Ability to interpret blueprint drawings to determine the proper type, placement, and amount of weld.

Certificates/Licenses

• Welding Certification (periodic re-certification may be required)

Work Environment

• Exposed to moving mechanical parts and vehicles
• Frequently required to stand, walk, reach with arms and hands, climb or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and lift up to 50 lbs.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to high.
• Often required to sit and use hands and fingers to handle or feel
• Vision ability required includes close vision

Benefits/Perks

• 401(k)
• 401(k) Company Match
• Dental Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Flex Spending Account (FSA)
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Life Insurance (Supplemental and AD&D)
• Medical Insurance
• Paid Time Off – up to 2 weeks in 1st year
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Vision Insurance

Employer’s Statement

Tenneco is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.