Overview
The Welder position at Marathon Equipment, part of Environmental Solutions, involves welding and assembling metal parts in a manufacturing environment. The role requires attention to detail and adherence to safety regulations while working with various welding equipment.
Responsibilities
- Receives and checks parts lists from department supervisors for parts to be welded/assembled daily.
- Manually operates welding equipment to assemble products on various lines.
- Examines parts and measures dimensions for conformance to blueprints specifications using tape measure.
- Chips or grinds out holes, bubbles, or cracks in parts preparatory to filling with weld.
- Cleans grease or corrosion from parts using wire brush or grinder.
- Camps broken metal parts together with jig/vice and welds pieces using gas-welding process.
- Receives parts from Fabrication Department and welds into sub-assemblies, then into final products.
- Visually inspects parts during welding process to ensure quality.
- Records and maintains inventory of parts used on lines daily.
- Completes inspection form on products and submits to Technical Service Department.
- Manually transports metal parts up to 40 pounds to/from storage area daily.
- Performs minor maintenance duties on welding equipment.
- Observes all safety regulations and reports any unsafe working conditions to supervisor.
- Performs other various duties as may be assigned.
Requirements
- Requires a High School diploma or GED.
- Ability to understand general arithmetic and write in an understandable manner.
- Ability to read and understand instructions, lists, and billing materials.
- Use of PC based applications, including Mainstar, Outlook, and Microsoft Office.
- Requires normal attention with periods of high concentration to operate machinery.
- Requires walking/standing approximately 70% of the time and lifting up to 40 pounds.
- Involves repetitive overhead work approximately 10% of the time.
- Requires use of hands, arms, and feet for repetitive lifting and operating equipment.
- Requires ability to follow verbal instructions and hear for safety purposes.
- Requires the ability to visually observe essential functions for satisfactory job performance.
- Involves exposure to plant environments with dust, fumes, noise, and fluctuating temperatures.
Benefits
- 401k
- Health Insurance
- Dental
- Vision
- PTO