Welding - Level 1

Taylor Machine Works, Inc. is a relationship-focused, family-owned company which designs and manufactures heavy offroad equipment including forklifts and cargo handling equipment. Located in Louisville, Mississippi for nearly 100 years, Taylor provides challenging and rewarding technical career opportunities. Taylor Machine Works has become a worldwide operation with sales driven by the professional and aggressive activities of a vast domestic dealer sales, direct sales, and international sales organization. TMW designs, engineers, and manufactures more than 100 models of industrial lift equipment with lift capacities from 4,000 lbs. to 125,000 lbs. At the very center of this success has been an unwavering commitment to the key concepts of Faith-Vision-Work by the members of the Taylor family and employees who collectively form The Big Red Team!

Position Description

The purpose of this position is to train to become a welder/fitter within the company.

Nature And Scope

• Welders’ knowledge of oxyfuel cutting, blueprint reading, base metal preheating, and welding will be gauged in the first days of this training.
• Welders will receive instruction on how to keep a clean and orderly workstation that will help them be highly productive.
• Welders will perform fillet welds (single and multi-pass), groove welds, oxyfuel cutting, and blueprint reading daily.
• Welders will fit, weld, and clean certain production parts that have been chosen by management for this training.
• Welders that show an advanced skill set will have the opportunity to advance through the training at a quicker pace.
  
  

Principal Accountability

• When welders have reached the point where they are deemed fit, or the end of training comes, they will be given the TMW/AWS welding test and fitter test.
• The fitter test will include reading a blueprint to fit, oxyfuel cut holes, and weld a predesigned test piece.
• The welding test will consist of:
• GMAW 1G on 3/8” plate with backing
• MCAW 1G on 1” plate with backing
• MCAW 2G on 1” plate with backing
  
  

Note: All tests must pass visual inspection, GMAW test must pass root and face bends, MCAW test must pass two side bends.

Requirements

• Previous welding experience and/or 6 months prior training.
• Must be at least 18 years of age.
  
  

Benefits

• Medical/Prescription
• Dental
• Vision
• Vacation
• 10 Holidays
• 401K
• Company paid Life Insurance