Job Description

Job Title:  Weld Technician

Reports to: Supervisor at specified Business Unit

FLSA Status: NON-EXEMPT

Schedule: Monday through Thursday (2:00pm - 12:00am Monday-Thursday) Overtime as needed.

Job Summary:

Looking for a self-motivated individual with a positive attitude towards production. Commitment to effort, attitude, and trust in the workplace. 

Primary duties and responsibilities:

• Providing hands-on production support in the welding department.
• Assisting with resistance welding machine set up and troubleshooting.
• Robotic weld cell fixture change overs and troubleshooting Fanuc weld programs.
• Manual MIG welding support (power supply set up, changing liners, nozzles, torches, weld wire, etc.)
• Quality assurance checks – recognize weld defects and determine necessary corrective adjustments to equipment and/or weld parameters. 
• Identify issues with welding equipment operation.
• Working with maintenance and tooling departments to design, build, and repair welding fixtures.
• Complete all PM documentation for welding equipment and fixturing as assigned.
• Report wear to the proper channels for escalation of repair.
• Help maintain and create documentation of welding parameters and machine settings in a readily accessible and organized manner.

Education, prior work experience and specialized skills and knowledge:

• Ability to bypass fixtures and controls of a robotic/projection weld cell.
• Ability to make robotic well cell adjustments as needed.
• Ability to perform full setup and tear down functions for resistance welding machines and robotic welders including fixturing as necessary.
• Understand and operate general tools, such as wrenches, drivers and pneumatic tools.
• Capability to arc weld steel and aluminum. 
• 2 years’ experience or equivalent certifications in a welding manufacturing environment. 
• Strong understanding of Arc welding and resistance welding processes.
• Experience with FANUC robot programming.
• Strong analytical and reasoning abilities. 
• Ability to lift 50lb’s on a routine basis.
• Manipulate medium to large objects, materials, or tools on a routine basis.

Physical environment/working conditions:

The position is in the factory and could involve sitting, standing, walking and lifting for long periods of time throughout the day.