Welder Apprentice Jobs in Springtown, TX (NOW HIRING)

Description

Responsible for the installation, repair, and construction of industrial refrigeration systems for ammonia piping and other related piping systems. 

Key Responsibilities: 

• Works on components that include the following: structural frames, pipe supports, equipment, steel supports, all carbon and stainless refrigeration materials.
• Works with carbon and stainless-steel materials.
• Must have successfully achieved documented welding certification for stick welding of Carbon Steel and/or Stainless-Steel pressure piping and structures to applicable ASME code and RC&E welding procedure standards. 
• Use a variety of hand tools and sketches.
• Direct helpers in limited tasks.
• Clamp, hold, tack-weld, heat-bend, grind or bolt component parts to obtain required limited configurations & positions for welding. 
• Prepare all material surfaces to be welded, ensuring that there is no loose or thick scale, slag, rust, moisture, grease, or other foreign matter. 
•  Remove rough spots from work pieces, using portable grinders, hand files, or scrapers. 
• Chip or grind off excess weld, slag, or spatter, using hand scrapers or power chippers, portable grinders, or arc-cutting equipment
• Weld steel structures and components in flat or vertical positions using fillet weld procedures.  

Requirements

• Recognize, set up, and operate hand and power tools common to the welding trade, such as shielded metal arc, gas metal arc, and orbital welding equipment. 
• Examine work pieces for defects and measures work pieces with straightedges or templates to ensure conformance with specifications. 
• Monitor the fitting, burning, and welding processes to avoid overheating parts or warping, shrinking, distortion, or expansion of material. 
• Select and install torches, torch tips, filler rods, and flux, according to welding chart specifications or types and thicknesses of metals. 
• Ignite torches or start power supplies and strike arcs by touching electrodes to metals being welded, completing electrical circuits. 
• Detect faulty operation of equipment or defective materials and notify supervisors. 
• Connect and turn regulator valves to activate and adjust gas flow and pressure so that desired flames are obtained. 
• Operate manual or semi-automatic welding equipment to fuse metal segments, using processes such as gas tungsten arc, gas metal arc, flux-cored arc, plasma arc, shielded metal arc, resistance welding, submerged arc welding, and orbital welding. 
• Lay out, position, align, and secure parts and assemblies prior to assembly, using straightedges, combination squares, calipers, and rulers.

Non-Essential Functions:

• Clean or degrease parts, using wire brushes, portable grinders, or chemical baths.
• Analyze sketches, work orders, and material safety data sheets to plan layout, assembly, and welding operations.
• Hammer out bulges or bends in metal work pieces.
• Estimate consumable materials needed for production and manufacturing and maintain required stocks of materials.
• Use fire suppression methods in industrial emergencies.
• Participate in site housekeeping.

Become familiar with and learn to be able do the following:

• Mark or tag material with proper job number, piece marks, and other identifying marks as required.
• Develop templates and models for welding projects, using mathematical calculations based on blueprint information.
• Cut, contour, and bevel metal plates and structural shapes to dimensions as specified by blueprints, layouts, work orders, and templates, using powered saws, hand shears, or chipping knives.

 Benefits:

• Eligible for healthcare benefits on Day 1 of employment:    
  • Medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage
  • Flexible Spending Account (FSA), Dependent Care Spending Account (DCSA)
  • Health Savings Account (HSA)
  • Company-paid Life Insurance; Supplemental Employee, Spouse, and Dependent Life
  • Accident Hospital Indemnity
  • Company-paid Short and Long-term Disability Insurance
  • Pet Insurance
• Employer matched 401(k) saving plan (with Roth option)
• Weekly paycheck
• Generous paid holiday schedule (11 days per year)
• Paid time off (vacation + sick time)
• Learning & Development programs
• Employee Referral Bonus Program
• Tuition Reimbursement

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