What are the responsibilities and job description for the Weld Technician 1 position at EnergySolutions?
Job Description/Tasks/Responsibilities
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- Uses hand-welding or flame-cutting to weld metal components or to fill holes, indentations, or seams. Performs duties with a high regard for safety and accuracy.
- Operate safety equipment and use safe and efficient work habits.
- Operates manual or semi-automatic welding equipment to fuse metal segments, using processes such as gas tungsten arc, gas metal arc, plasma arc, shielded metal arc, resistance welding, and cutting torch.
- Monitors the fitting, burning, and welding processes to avoid overheating of parts or warping, shrinking, distortion, or expansion of material to ensure conformance with specifications.
- Positions, aligns, and secures parts and assemblies prior to assembly, using straight edges, combination squares, calipers, and rulers.
- Analyzes shop drawings, blueprints, specifications, sketches, work orders, and material safety data sheets to plan layout, assembly, and welding operations.
- Clamps, holds, tack-welds, grinds or bolts component parts to obtain required configurations and positions for welding.
- Grinds off excess weld, slag, or spatter, using hand scrapers or power chippers, portable grinders, or arc-cutting equipment to smooth out rough edges and maintain safety.
- Marks or tags material with proper job number, piece marks, and other identifying marks as required ensuring proper shipment to customers.
- Dismantles metal assemblies or cuts scrap metal using thermal-cutting equipment such as flame-cutting torches or plasma-arc equipment.
- Performs daily activities and prioritizes tasks based on written and oral directions from Weld Lead and Manager.
- Must complete process/facility training as assigned.
- There is no supervision of other workers at this level.
- Responsible for the quality of his/her own work and satisfying customer (internal and external) specifications
- Must complete process/facility training as assigned
- Performs other duties as assigned.
- Basic knowledge of welding tools
- Intermediate mechanical knowledge
- Basic quality control analysis
- Strong listening skills
- Basic written, verbal and organizational skills
- Strong interpersonal skills and team player attitude
- General knowledge of local, state and federal health and safety regulations [e.g., Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)]
- Ability to understand and apply health and safety regulations and requirements
- Ability to perform physically demanding work
- Ability to lift up to 50 pounds and wear a respirator
- Ability to carry, push, pull up to 50 pounds
- Ability to sit, stand, walk, stoop, and kneel
- Ability to work in extreme weather conditions and environments wherein there is exposure to noise, dust, grease, smoke, fumes, noxious odors, gases, chemicals and mechanical and electrical hazards
- Ability to work in extreme temperatures
- Ability to effectively communicate; pass audiogram in hearing conservation program as required by location
- Ability to work in or around moving vehicles, rotating equipment, and ladders/scaffolds
- Basic math and computer skills; mechanical ability
- Ability to wear protective equipment such as: goggles, ear plugs, gloves, and steel toe boots
- Normal vision (with or without correction)
- Ability to perceive depth and adjust focus; basic hand/eye coordination
- Ability to see close and distance, basic colors/shades, and peripheral vision
- Forklift certified
- High School diploma or GED
- AWS D1.3 welding certification
- Fork lift certification
- None required
- A minimum of 2 years of experience welding in the sheet metal industry
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