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Job Description
As posted by the hiring company
Job Overview:
Product Welder
Job Summary
Assemble and weld metal parts on the production line, using welding equipment, requiring only a limited knowledge of welding techniques.
Primary Responsibilities
- Welds or tack welds metal parts together, using spot or hand, electric, or gas welding equipment.
- Connect hoses from torch to tanks of oxygen and fuel gas and turn valves to release mixture.
- Ignites torch and regulates flow of gas and air to obtain desired temperature, size, and color of flame.
- Preheats work pieces preparatory to welding or bending, using torch.
- Fills cavities or corrects malformation in lead parts and hammers out bulges & bends in metal work pieces.
- Examines work piece for defects and measures work piece with straightedge or template to ensure conformance with specifications.
- Dismantles metal assemblies or cuts scrap metal, using thermal-cutting equipment such as flame-cutting torch or plasma-arc equipment.
Physical Requirements:
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.
- The employee is occasionally required to bend, twist, walk, stand, read, lift and manual dexterity. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 40 pounds and 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 and ability to adjust focus.
Benefits:
- Webster is a Union Shop offering the following benefits:
- 401k with up to 5% employer match
- Vacation/PTO/Paid Holidays
- Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance - Day 1
- Life/Accidental Death & Dismemberment - Company provided coverage at $30,000
- Voluntary Life Insurance is available for Employee/Spouse/Children
- Safety Shoe & Rx Safety glasses reimbursement
- Shift Premiums - 2nd shift - $2.25/hour & 3rd shift - $1.25/hour
- $2 Webster Qualified Welding Adder
- Continuing Education - Apprenticeship Programs Available
- EAP - Employee Assistance Program
- YMCA Membership
