Job Description

**Shop Specific

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• Understand that every employee at Argon Industries has the right and the obligation to stop production and contact a supervisor immediately if they deem it to be unsafe and if they have any quality concerns

• Read, interpret and understand blueprints and drawings

• Identify appropriate materials for jobs, including checking the type, size, quantity, quality and maintain traceability

• Qualify and then safely operate a forklift

• Properly utilize inspection equipment to accurately complete the job in accordance with ISO procedures

• Understand and adhere to Argon’s Employee Quality Policy & Requirements

• Perform basic machine maintenance, keep the necessary records and report any issues immediately to your supervisor.

• Complete jobs to customer specifications in a timely manner

• Watch and anticipate potential problems

• Correctly barcode, count and tag parts and document work performed on the traveler

• Maintain an orderly and clean work area at all times

**Job Specific:

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• Program industrial MIG welding robotic cells with Dual and single robotic welding heads.

• Develop/ maintain robot welding processes

• Ensure that Robotic programs are created or changed per customer requirements

• Operate robotic cells and assist with production welding

• Learn and follow all procedures associated with the welding department, including customer and other specifications (AWS) D1.1 and D1.3 welding standards.

• Able to identify/read weld symbols and weld per print, customer requirements and other welding specifications (AWS), Materials include mild steel, stainless, aluminum, etc ranging from ¼” to 24 gage.

• Optimize/reduce setups, welding sequences and processes to maximize productivity, safety and quality (eliminating scrap)

• Responsible for prototypes, new jobs, highly cosmetic/difficult jobs, etc

• Review estimates, projects and jobs with sales, estimating and engineering to determine capability, run times, fixturing, etc

• Design and/or build welding fixtures, checking fixtures and templates

• Properly maintain, record and handle material, quality records, components, inventory, time, tooling, supplies, etc

• Train/Review¨NBSP;new and existing employees

• All other duties and responsibilities as assigned

**Bonus

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• 5+ years of experience with ABB, Panasonic and/or Fanuc industrial robots

• Experience is programming robots in Robot Studio

• Manual MIG and TIG welding skills

• AWS certified, CWI,

**Qualifications:

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• Must have 5 years minimum experience programming ABB welding robots, with dual and single heads.

• Must know welding standards

• Must have high character, enthusiasm and desire to meet or exceed the customers’ requirements

• Must be organized, detail oriented and dependable

• Must have high school diploma or equivalent

• Must have extensive welding knowledge of AWS D1.1 and D1.3

• Must be able to read complex blue prints

• Must be able to lift up to 40 lbs. on a regular basis

You should be proficient in:

• Troubleshooting Skills
• Blueprint Reading

Machines & technologies you'll use:

• MIG Welder