Job Details
Level
Experienced
Job Location
Timco-Tandem - Fontana, CA
Position Type
Full Time
Education Level
High School
Salary Range
$22.00 - $26.00 Hourly
Travel Percentage
None
Job Shift
Day
Job Category
Manufacturing
Description
SUMMARY
We are looking for a motivated, experienced welder to join our company as a Welder Fabricator. As part of our team of professional fabricators, you construct and manufacture metal parts and products, taking particular care to produce clean, polished welds. You follow blueprints, determine material measurements, and take responsibility for fabricating parts used in later assembly processes. You are responsible for the quality of your output, so you must be able to perform simple tests to ensure weld quality and tolerance.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Cutting and joining metal parts for fabricating or repairing vehicle equipment, furniture, tools and various other articles, applying tools like mig-welder, plasma cutter, arc welder, chop saw, oxyacetylene torch etc.

• Designing and fabricating the equipment and parts for meeting the special or unusual needs, using the manufacturer specifications, calculator, measuring devices, drawings etc.
• Installing or removing any special equipment like paint machine, grinder, power and hand tools etc.
• Designing and creating holding jigs that aid in fabrication of the parts in various numbers.
• Maintaining a record of all the work completed so as to facilitate the accounting activities.
• Maintaining routine inventory supplies that are used for operating the welding unit via inspection of stocks and ordering fresh stock as and when required.
• Fabricate and manufacture metal parts for later assembly

• Produce strong, clean welds
• Test output to ensure strength and tolerance of welds
• Performs other duties as assigned by Management.

Qualifications
QUALIFICATIONS

• Basic mathematics skills
• High School Diploma or GED preferred.
• Proficient at oxy/acetylene torch cutting and electric arc welding

• Ability to work with complicated welding tools like ox-fuel, plasma, mag-drills, chainsaws etc.
• Prior experience welding, preferably in a manufacturing environment
• Familiarity with common welding tools and procedures, including MIG welding TIG welding, metal fabricating, grinding, and finishing metals
• Ability to stand, crouch, and occasionally lift heavy equipment
• Blueprint reading and knowledge of common welding symbols

SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Knowledge of the properties and characteristics of metals used for cutting, welding and forming objects and of various welding fluxes and rods.
• Knowledge of safety precautions related to occupational hazards, procedures and practices of the trade.
• Skilled in identifying the proper power and hand tools in the safest possible manner and various equipments.
• Skilled in operating at least some type of vehicles like trucks, motor homes etc.
• Skill in the use of a cutting torch, and repairing and fabricating ferrous and nonferrous metals and assemblies utilizing MIG, TIG, and gas welding techniques.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee frequently is required to stand and walk. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception to read instruments, operate material handling equipment and identify plant color code system. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts and high, precarious places. The employee is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, outside weather conditions, and risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions