Job Description

About IMI 

IMI plc, the specialist engineering company, designs, manufactures and services highly engineered products that control the precise movement of fluids. Its innovative technologies, built around valves and actuators, enable vital processes to operate safely, cleanly, efficiently and cost effectively. The Group works with industrial customers across a range of high growth sectors, including energy, transportation and infrastructure, all of which are benefiting from the impact of long-term global trends including climate change, urbanization, resource scarcity and an ageing population. IMI employs some 11,000 people, has manufacturing facilities in more than 20 countries and operates a global service network.

IMI Critical has long been recognized as a world-leader in the provision of flow control solutions. Our products allow vital industries to operate safely, cleanly, reliably and efficiently, so that they can provide us with the energy, resources and materials that underpin modern lives. IMI Critical’s family of specialist companies design, manufacture and service bespoke valves and actuators that precisely control the flow of steam, gas and liquids under extremes of pressure and temperature, as well as intensely abrasive or corrosive operating conditions. Our valves can be found in a myriad of industrial plants and processes around the world, enabling the production of oil and gas, power, petrochemicals, metals, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, food and beverages, water and sanitation, pulp and paper, ethanol and sugar. Our products are also widely deployed on ships and submarines. Our engineering expertise means that we can make hazardous processes safer, cleaner, and greener. By helping clients reduce emissions, improve safety, and make processes more efficient, we have a direct and positive impact on the world. That is why we describe our purpose as ‘breakthrough engineering for a better world’.

IMI Critical Engineering Americas provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Position Summary

Welds metal components together with a variety of arc and gas welding equipment and processes to fabricate or repair a variety of new and repaired components by performing the following duties. 

Responsibilities

• Night Shift Required 
• Follow the designated WPS as specified on the applicable job card and, weld plates together using a Sub Arc machine with a stringer pass.
• Sub Arc welds, 2PC blanks and cylinders.
• Performs related tasks such as thermal cutting, grinding and arc gouging.
• Repairs broken or cracked parts, fills holes, and increases size of metal parts.
• Positions and clamps together components of fabricated metal products preparatory to welding.
• Demonstrate skills needed to fabricate parts, large and small.
• Perform parts layout
• Safely and competently operate overhead cranes
• Communicate with supervisors and fellow operators
• Maintain a clean and organized work area
• Follow and comply with all Safety Rules and procedures
• Report any near-misses, incidents, and possible hazards
• Maintain and use all issued personal protective equipment
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications and Required Skills:

• Ability to read, comprehend and understand welding procedures
• Ability to read, write, and speak English fluently 
• High School Diploma or equivalent required OR 10 yrs of relevant on the job experience
• Basic reading, writing, and some advanced math skills required
• Ability to Sub Arc weld, Arc Air Gouger, FCAW stringer/Hot Pass.
• 5 years of experience using the following weld processes: FCAW, GMAW, SAW  

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, climb, stoop, kneel, and crouch.
• The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 15 pounds and occasionally lift and /or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, far vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus, with or without corrective lens. 

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts; occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; outside weather conditions; and risk of electrical shock when in the shop area to inspect valves.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate (office/cubicle environment with computers, fax machines and printers operating) to loud (manufacturing environment with large machinery operating).