Welder

RC&E Fort Worth, Texas, United States Skilled Labor

About this position

Description:

Responsible for the installation, repair, and construction of industrial refrigeration systems for ammonia piping and other related piping systems. 


Key Responsibilities: 

  • Works on components that include the following: structural frames, pipe supports, equipment, steel supports, all carbon and stainless refrigeration materials.
  • Works with carbon and stainless-steel materials.
  • Must have successfully achieved documented welding certification for stick welding of Carbon Steel and/or Stainless-Steel pressure piping and structures to applicable ASME code and RC&E welding procedure standards. 
  • Use a variety of hand tools and sketches.
  • Direct helpers in limited tasks.
  • Clamp, hold, tack-weld, heat-bend, grind or bolt component parts to obtain required limited configurations & positions for welding. 
  • Prepare all material surfaces to be welded, ensuring that there is no loose or thick scale, slag, rust, moisture, grease, or other foreign matter. 
  •  Remove rough spots from work pieces, using portable grinders, hand files, or scrapers. 
  • Chip or grind off excess weld, slag, or spatter, using hand scrapers or power chippers, portable grinders, or arc-cutting equipment
  • Weld steel structures and components in flat or vertical positions using fillet weld procedures.  
Requirements:
  • Recognize, set up, and operate hand and power tools common to the welding trade, such as shielded metal arc, gas metal arc, and orbital welding equipment. 
  • Examine work pieces for defects and measures work pieces with straightedges or templates to ensure conformance with specifications. 
  • Monitor the fitting, burning, and welding processes to avoid overheating parts or warping, shrinking, distortion, or expansion of material. 
  • Select and install torches, torch tips, filler rods, and flux, according to welding chart specifications or types and thicknesses of metals. 
  • Ignite torches or start power supplies and strike arcs by touching electrodes to metals being welded, completing electrical circuits. 
  • Detect faulty operation of equipment or defective materials and notify supervisors. 
  • Connect and turn regulator valves to activate and adjust gas flow and pressure so that desired flames are obtained. 
  • Operate manual or semi-automatic welding equipment to fuse metal segments, using processes such as gas tungsten arc, gas metal arc, flux-cored arc, plasma arc, shielded metal arc, resistance welding, submerged arc welding, and orbital welding. 
  • Lay out, position, align, and secure parts and assemblies prior to assembly, using straightedges, combination squares, calipers, and rulers.


Non-Essential Functions:

  • Clean or degrease parts, using wire brushes, portable grinders, or chemical baths.
  • Analyze sketches, work orders, and material safety data sheets to plan layout, assembly, and welding operations.
  • Hammer out bulges or bends in metal work pieces.
  • Estimate consumable materials needed for production and manufacturing and maintain required stocks of materials.
  • Use fire suppression methods in industrial emergencies.
  • Participate in site housekeeping.

Become familiar with and learn to be able do the following:

  • Mark or tag material with proper job number, piece marks, and other identifying marks as required.
  • Develop templates and models for welding projects, using mathematical calculations based on blueprint information.
  • Cut, contour, and bevel metal plates and structural shapes to dimensions as specified by blueprints, layouts, work orders, and templates, using powered saws, hand shears, or chipping knives.


 Benefits:

  • Eligible for healthcare benefits on Day 1 of employment:    
    • Medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage
    • Flexible Spending Account (FSA), Dependent Care Spending Account (DCSA)
    • Health Savings Account (HSA)
    • Company-paid Life Insurance; Supplemental Employee, Spouse, and Dependent Life
    • Accident Hospital Indemnity
    • Company-paid Short and Long-term Disability Insurance
    • Pet Insurance
  • Employer matched 401(k) saving plan (with Roth option)
  • Weekly paycheck
  • Generous paid holiday schedule (11 days per year)
  • Paid time off (vacation + sick time)
  • Learning & Development programs
  • Employee Referral Bonus Program
  • Tuition Reimbursement

EOE – Disability/Veterans