Lead Welder/Fabricator
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What you'll do
- Oversee daily fabrication activities
- Lead a team of skilled welders and fabricators
- Ensure all work adheres to safety standards and quality specifications
- Read electrical prints & layouts, read piping prints (two-lined & isometric); read mechanical prints
- Fabricate and assemble products by using drawings, sketches, and verbal direction
- Perform process and tack welding
- Perform basic electrical tasks including laying out and mounting conduit and pulling & terminating wire
- Lay out, cut & thread, and mount piping systems
- Set and align motors, pumps, and other mechanical components
- Lay out, set, level & align furnace drive systems
- Use overhead cranes and fork trucks to set up and/or move equipment
- Assist in loading and unloading equipment
What they're looking for
- High school graduate or equivalent required
- Strong mechanical ability
Nice to have
- Some level of continuing education that is related to is recommended
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Overview
We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Welder/Fabricator Lead to join our team and drive excellence in metal fabrication and welding operations. In this role, you will oversee daily fabrication activities, lead a team of skilled welders and fabricators, and ensure all work adheres to safety standards and quality specifications. Your expertise will help us deliver high-quality metal structures and components that meet project deadlines and client expectations. This position offers an exciting opportunity to showcase your leadership skills while working on diverse construction and fabrication projects.
Responsibilities and Duties
- Hand and power tool mastery
- Work may require extensive periods of standing, bending, stretching, lifting, and reaching
- Be proficient in wielding processes necessary for SCI manufacturing; read electrical prints & layouts, read piping prints (two-lined & isometric); read mechanical prints; read and understand suppliers’ instructions
- Employees uses initiative in conducting recurring assignments to fabricate and assemble products by using drawings, sketches, and verbal direction
- Must be proficient in some forms of process and tack wielding; basic electrical skills including lay out and mount conduit and pull & terminate wire; lay out, cut & thread, and mount piping systems; set and align motors, pumps, other mechanical components etc.; lay out, set, level & align furnace drive systems.
- Employees will be required to use overhead cranes and fork trucks to set up and/or move equipment. Will assist in loading and unloading equipment
- Perform jobsite installations as part of a field team and as a team leader
- Assist in the training of less skilled or less experienced mechanics as directed by plant management
- Perform other duties and functions as required.
Qualifications
- High school graduate or equivalent required
- Some level of continuing education that is related to is recommended
- Strong mechanical ability
- Employee is responsible for planning and carrying out tasks or work on projects independently up to final review and decisions.
- May direct the work of other others to fabricate and assemble products by using drawings, sketches, and verbal direction
About Us
Our company is a leading engineering company. We are committed to innovation, quality, and excellence in everything we do. Our team is dedicated to creating cutting-edge solutions that meet the needs of our clients and drive the industry forward.
For over 100 years, Surface Combustion has been the leader in industrial heat treatment solutions. From our signature Allcase® Batch Integral Quench Furnace to tried and proven vacuum furnace options and customized engineered products, we are your source for all heat treat and thermal processing needs.
We work with all industries including agricultural, automotive, biomass, oil & gas, and powder metals and so many more. We are also an excellent resource for rebuild and retrofit services as well as maintenance and operation. Whatever your industry, whatever your precision heat treat needs, and whatever your volume, Surface is your source.
Benefits:
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Employee discount
- Flexible schedule
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Retirement plan
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
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