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Overview

The Aluminum Welder position involves welding various materials for truck bodies and specialty vehicles. The role requires modification and welding skills to fabricate components and ensure production goals are met while maintaining a clean and safe work area.

Responsibilities

  • Weld various materials associated with the company’s product lines.
  • Use modification and welding skills to rework cab and other components.
  • Perform welding according to blueprints.
  • Learn and retain skills needed for welding in the assigned area.
  • Fabricate components from raw stock.
  • Read and follow detailed operator instructions and blueprints.
  • Understand and articulate the production flow of an assigned product line.
  • Self-check work and inspect prior processes.
  • Use basic hand, electric, cordless, and pneumatic tools as required.
  • Meet production goals.
  • Maintain a clean and safe work area.
  • Initiate process improvements.
  • Support 5S in the work area.
  • Lead and perform lean events.
  • Communicate with cross-functional teams to resolve issues.
  • Solve complex problems with minimal assistance.

Requirements

  • HS Diploma or GED required.
  • AWS Certification preferred.
  • Excellent attendance.
  • Positive attitude.
  • Strong attention to detail.
  • Self-motivated with the ability to stay on task.
  • Team oriented.
  • Basic computer skills required.
  • Must pass the required welding certification test in AWS material sections.
  • Previous experience and/or certifications preferred.
  • Must understand AWS welding symbols.
  • Must be able to set up, adjust, and maintain welding machines.
  • Must be able to Mig or Tig weld steel, stainless, and aluminum as needed.

Additional Information

  • Willing to learn and rotate within various weld areas.
  • Must wear PPE respirators for an extended amount of time.
  • Willing to improve self/area/company.
  • Able to read and comprehend blueprints including weld specifications.
  • Able to work overtime on short notice.
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How this job compares in Waterville, ME

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Maine currently run a median of $26/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $26–$41/hr across 10 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Waterville, ME

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Waterville, ME, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Maine as a whole we're tracking 12 other active welding openings from 8 employers. Browse welding jobs across Maine.

The most active employers in Maine at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Collins Aerospace (4) and United States Fleet Forces Command (2). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG and TIG work. 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. TIG (GTAW) uses a non-consumable tungsten electrode with filler added by hand, giving the operator the most control of any process. It is slow, demanding, and the standard for stainless, aluminum, and anything where the bead has to look as good as it holds.

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