Welding Technician

Welding Technician Job Highlights

Company Profile

Arcosa provides infrastructure-related products and solutions with leading brands serving engineered structures, construction, and transportation markets.

Job Profile

The company is searching for a Welding Technician who will provide the manufacturing plant with welding and technical support such as welding process troubleshooting, welding process improvement, and procedure and code conformance.

Educational Qualification

• High School Diploma (a plus)
• AWS Certified Welding Inspector (CWI) or AWS Certified Welding Educator (CWE) desired
• Welding-related Associate Degree (desired)

Work Experience

• 3-5 years of welding experience
• Visual weld inspection experience
• Experience using welding procedure specifications
• Strong hands-on welding skills

Duties/Responsibilities

• As the welding subject matter expert, provide welding support to production welders, supervisors, and other plant personnel.
• Assist in qualifying welding procedure specifications as required.
• Assist in qualifying welding procedure specifications as required.
• Conduct classroom training on welding safety, welding, and cutting processes, visual weld acceptance criteria, welding symbols, drawings, etc.
• Evaluate, propose, and implement welding process improvements to increase welding efficiency and quality.
• Maintain welder candidate training, testing, and qualification records.
• Oversee the daily pole school operations.
• Participate in welding improvement projects/other duties as required.
• Perform hands-on welder candidate training for the FCAW, SAW, SMAW, plasma/oxyfuel cutting, and air-carbon-arc gouging processes.
• Perform hands-on, pole layout and fit-up training.
• Perform routine tasks such as maintaining welder continuity, welding equipment calibration, and flux oven logs.
• Perform welding training on the shop floor and in a classroom setting as required.
• Provide additional training (OJT) to production welders as required.
• Troubleshoot welding technique and routine equipment issues.
• Participate in internal improvement teams/other duties as required.

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities

• Able to read and comprehend welding symbols, welding procedure specifications, work instructions, drawings, bill of materials, etc.
• Possess written and oral communication skills
• Proficient in using various weld inspection tools such as amp/volt/wire feed/gas flow meters, fillet weld gages, undercut gages, etc.
• Working knowledge of AWS D1.1 welding procedure specifications
• Working knowledge of weld filler materials and base materials

Employer’s Statement

Arcosa is an Equal Opportunity Employer.