About this role
Position: Pipefitter/Welder
Location: Baton Rouge, LA
Essential Functions:
- Welds metal parts together using both gas welding or brazing and any combination of arc welding processes
- Performs thermal cutting and grinding
- Repairs broken or cracked parts, fills holes and increases size of metal parts
- Clamp, hold, tack-weld, heat-bend, grind or bolt component parts to obtain required configurations and positions for welding
- Weld components in flat, vertical or overhead positions
- Monitor the fitting, burning and welding processes to avoid over heating of parts or warping, shrinking, distortion or expansion of material
Other Duties and Responsibilities:
- Will be required to pass employer performance tests or standard tests to meet certification standards of governmental agencies or professional and technical associations
- Detect faulty operation of equipment or defective materials and notify supervisors
- Lay out, position, align and secure parts and assemblies prior to assembly, using straight edges, combination squares, calipers, and rulers
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Consistently demonstrates the skills of appropriate equipment and product selection
- Abilities to include, yet not limited to: arm-hand steadiness, control precision, manual dexterity, finger dexterity, multi-limb coordination, reading comprehension
- Ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without becoming distracted
- Maintains knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair and maintenance
- Demonstrates proficiency in knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control and costs
Training/Education and/or Special Qualifications:
- An appropriate mix of education and experience which would allow the employee to obtain the knowledge, skills and abilities listed above.
Must be able to Weld 6010 , Tig & Root and 7018 in both processes. Physical Requirements and/or Working Environment:
- Work involves almost constant exposure to unusual elements, such as extreme temperatures, toxic chemicals, bio-hazardous materials, dirt, dust, fumes, smoke, and/or loud noises.
- Considerable physical activity. Requires heavy physical work; heavy lifting, pushing, or pulling required of objects. Physical work is a primary part (more than 60%) of job.
- Work environment involves exposure to potentially dangerous materials and situations that require following extensive safety precautions and may include the use of protective equipment.
- During customer site visits, exposure to wide variety of potential hazards that require following extensive, customer mandated safety precautions and may include the use of protective equipment.
- Work includes the need for finger dexterity, arm-hand steadiness, multi-limb coordination and manual dexterity
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