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Overview

Petersen Industries LLC, located in Lake Wales, Florida, is seeking a Welder to join their team. The role involves fabricating and welding steel components for heavy equipment manufacturing, with a focus on quality and safety.

Responsibilities

  • Perform MIG (GMAW) welding on carbon steel and structural components used in heavy equipment manufacturing.
  • Weld structural assemblies including truck frames, loader arms, mounting plates, outriggers, and grapple support structures.
  • Interpret and follow engineering drawings, blueprints, fractions, decimals, welding symbols, and work instructions.
  • Prepare materials for welding by cutting, grinding, beveling, and cleaning metal surfaces.
  • Set up and operate welding machines and related fabrication equipment.
  • Inspect welds visually and with measuring tools to verify compliance with specifications.
  • Maintain proper weld penetration, bead consistency, and structural integrity of assemblies.
  • Operate shop tools such as grinders, torches, saws, clamps, and fixtures.
  • Follow all safety procedures, PPE requirements, and welding safety standards.
  • Fit, tack and align parts prior to final welding.
  • Perform rework, grinding, and finishing of welds as required.
  • Maintain a clean and organized work area consistent with 5S and lean manufacturing practices.
  • Work collaboratively with fitters, assemblers, and quality personnel.
  • Meet production schedules and quality standards.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or GED.
  • Minimum 3 years of MIG welding experience in a manufacturing or heavy equipment environment.
  • Demonstrated ability to read and follow engineering drawings, blueprints, fractions, decimals, welding symbols, and work instructions.
  • Minimum 3 years of experience welding structural steel components.
  • Ability to operate welding equipment safely and effectively.
  • Basic math skills for measurements and layout.
  • Ability to pass a AWS D1.1 Weld Test in the Flat (1G), Horizontal (2G), Vertical (3G), or Overhead (4G) position.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k
  • PTO

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO
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How this job compares

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG. MIG (GMAW) feeds a continuous wire electrode through a shielding-gas nozzle. It lays down metal fast and is forgiving on clean material, which is why it dominates production and light fabrication work.

Certifications this posting mentions

  • AWS D1.1 — the American Welding Society's Structural Welding Code for steel. It governs almost all building and structural steel work in the US, so a D1.1 qualification is the baseline credential for construction and ironworking.
  • 3G / 4G — plate position tests — 3G is welded vertically, 4G overhead. Together they demonstrate you can hold a puddle against gravity, and they are the common entry qualifications for structural and production shops.

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