Student Veterans of America Jobs

**(No Fee Staffing Agency)

Thompson Pipe Group is currently looking for a 3G Flux Core Welder**

This person will be responsible for the interior and exterior of every spirally welded cylinder that enters their designated station for welding defects, base metal defects, and dimensional tolerances and repairs those cylinders to meet specification requirements.

Responsibilities

• Follow all safety rules, policies, and procedures.
• Inspect the entire interior and exterior surface of spirally welded cylinders and perform repairs in compliance with AWWA C200 and additional job specifications as required.
• Reports repairs and dimensional measurements accurately of cylinders to the nearest 32nd of an inch.
• Utilize oxyacetylene cutting torch to square cylinder ends and perform repairs as needed.
• Performs minor maintenance and repairs to welding equipment and tools.
• Properly use tools and care for equipment provided by the company to complete job tasks.
• Maintain workstation by keeping it clean, organized, free from clutter and trip hazards.
• Work under general supervision; will report to a crew leader and/or supervisor.

Essential Job Functions:

• Pass 3G with the back gouge and back weld with FCAW process
• Able to maintain a 92% acceptance rate with ASME section 8 UW-51 (100% RT X-Ray)
• This position frequently requires standing, sitting, kneeling, stooping, crawling, climbing, use of hands to handle objects, operate controls, and tools.No limits of a range of motion.
• Able to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, and verbal form.
• Experienced in flux-core welding, SMAW, SAW a plus.
• Familiar with standard concepts, practices, and procedures within the welding field.
• Utilize the flux-core welding process, cutting torch, hand-held grinders, and whatever other tools necessary to complete these repairs.

Competencies

To perform the job successfully an individual should demonstrate the following competencies.

• Problem-Solving and Innovation: Works well alone and in groups to identify and resolve problems in a timely manner; Meets challenges with resourcefulness and generates suggestions for improving work; Exhibits sound and accurate judgment.
• Organizational Support: Follows all policies and procedures; Supports organization's goals and values
• Communication Abilities: Listens and gets clarification; Respondswell to questions; participates in meetings and demonstrates group discussion skills; Writes clearly and informatively; Reads and interprets written information effectively; Presents numerical data.
• Self-Management
• Attendance/Dependability/Flexibility
• The employee is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles and risk of electrical shock
• There is machinery, moving equipment (cranes, bulldozers, and other moving equipment) and electrical hand tools on the job site
• Outdoors exposed to changing weather conditions (for instance, rain, sun, snow, wind, etc.)
• An improperly illuminated or awkward and confining workspace
• Working above ground level where the possibility of falling exists (i.e. on ladders, rooftops, bucket trucks, scaffolding)
• Loud (examples: metal cage manufacturing department, large earth-moving equipment)