Fabricator

Fabricator / Welder

Arizona

1st Shift: 7am - 430pm, M-F

Compensation: $20 per hour

Purpose of Role:

Townley Engineering and Manufacturing, located in Eloy, AZ has an opening for a Welder. Townley continues to be the industry leader in providing unique wear solutions for abrasion and corrosion problems found in dredging, mining, and powerplant process circuits.

Responsibilities:

• Weld components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions
• Prepare all material surfaces to be welded, ensuring that there is no loose or thick scale, slag, rust, moisture, grease, or other foreign matter
• Examine workpieces for defects and measure workpieces with straightedges or templates to ensure conformance with specifications
• Select and install torches, torch tips, filler rods, and flux, according to welding chart specifications or types and thicknesses of metals
• Connect and turn regulator valves to activate and adjust gas flow and pressure so that desired flames are obtained
• Melt and apply solder along adjoining edges of workpieces to solder joints, using soldering irons, gas torches, or electric-ultrasonic equipment
• Monitor the fitting, burning, and welding processes to avoid overheating of parts or warping, shrinking, distortion, or expansion of material
• Grind, cut, buff, or bend edges of workpieces to be joined to ensure snug fit, using power grinders and hand tools
• Check grooves, angles, or gap allowances, using micrometers, calipers, and precision measuring instruments
  
  

Requirements:

• 2 years of welding experience ideally and we will consider all combination of education and work experience together.
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs unassisted
• Ability to read tape measure, micrometers, calipers, and gauges
• Ability to stand for extended periods of time on concrete
• Ability to tolerate excess heat and humidity
  
  

Founded in 1871, Weir is a world leading engineering business with a purpose to make mining operations smarter, more efficient and sustainable. Thanks to Weir’s technology, our customers can produce essential metals and minerals using less energy, water and waste at lower cost. With the increasing need for metals and minerals for climate change solutions, Weir colleagues are playing their part in powering a low carbon future. We are a global family of 11,000 uniquely talented people in over 60 counties, inspiring each other to do the best work of our lives.

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