Job Description

Overview

Join the IPG Team as a Welder on a contract basis. At IPG, a global leader in packaging and protective solutions, we value safety, people, passion, integrity, performance, and teamwork while developing innovative solutions that protect the world.

Responsibilities

  • Maintain a safe and clean work environment and comply with all quality, safety, and work rules and regulations.
  • Read and interpret blueprints or job orders to determine specifications of the job.
  • Hold fabrication tolerances at +/- 1/16" (or better).
  • Set up material including stainless sheet metal, tubing, and other forms of stainless steel.
  • Perform tack or set up welds using a TIG welder.
  • Utilize measuring tools such as tape measure, caliper, machinist square, protractor, and OD micrometer.
  • Verify weldments conform to drawings and specifications and make corrections as required.
  • Weld on a broad range of metals and alloys for complex precision assemblies.
  • Weld parts, components, frames, and weldments per drawings.
  • Finalize welding with a TIG welder to ensure a seamless end result.
  • Accurately produce frames within required tolerances and squareness.
  • Grind and polish all sharp edges on workpieces as required.
  • Perform other duties as assigned by the supervisor.

Requirements

  • At least 5 years' experience as a TIG welder in a job shop environment.
  • Experience with steel or mild steel, material ranging from 1/16" up to ½".
  • Ability to use grinders, saws, polishers, hand tools, and power tools.
  • Ability to read and interpret blueprints without assistance.
  • Ability to read, write, and communicate in English.
  • Able to operate a bending brake press.
  • Ability to accurately read a tape measure.
  • Leveling and squaring ability without assistance.
  • Ability to occasionally push/pull/carry up to 50 pounds by oneself.
  • Ability to bend and rotate body repeatedly.

Additional Information

  • This role is on a contract basis.
  • Regularly required to stand for a minimum of 8 hours per day.
  • Frequently required to grasp, handle/feel objects, control/manage tools, and use hands/arms.
  • Occasionally required to walk, stoop, kneel, and crouch.
  • Occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
  • Specific vision abilities required include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.