RING-O-MATIC LLC

Overview

The Production Welder I position at Ring-O-Matic in Pella, IA involves fabricating and assembling metal components using various welding techniques. The role requires interpreting blueprints, operating welding equipment, and ensuring high-quality welds while adhering to safety standards.

Responsibilities

• Read information from blueprints, technical manuals, or other documents.
• Set up fixtures, mount parts in fixtures, and perform mechanical assembly using hand and air tools.
• Move and position parts, sometimes with a hoist and sometimes manually.
• Use a hoist to lift and position large, heavier components and completed weldments.
• Set up, adjust, and operate MIG welding equipment to weld machine components.
• Remove components from fixtures, clean and check them for quality, and correct errors or deficiencies of weldments.
• Maintain positive relationships with customers, clients, supervisors, and co-workers.
• Meet or exceed typical expectations for productivity, quality, attendance, and safety.
• Work in a safe manner by always following safety guidelines.

Requirements

• Have appropriate MIG welding experience (3 years) OR have completed a formal welding training program/certificate.
• Ability to read and understand blueprints is preferred.
• Be able to handle items weighing over 50 pounds.
• Have appropriate mechanical skills, including experience using hand and air-powered tools.
• Proficient in using a tape measure to accurately take and record measurements.
• Good work record, including strong self-motivation, reliable attendance, attention to quality, and a cordial, cooperative personality.
• Ability to perform multiple tasks simultaneously and assess, evaluate, and carry out appropriate action for a given situation.

Additional Information

• Workdays of up to 10 hours.
• Overtime, as necessary.
• Manufacturing plant conditions (indoors, no air conditioning, variable temperature and humidity, noise, and dirt).
• Relatively high temperatures.
• Physical hazards such as powered vehicles, pedestrian traffic, sharp objects, moving machinery, and compressed air power supplies.