Welder Machine Operator Trainee - 2nd Shift (train on 1st shift)
2nd shift: 3:00 p.m. - 11:15 p.m. The position will train on 1st shift (7:00 a.m. – 3:15 p.m.) for approximately three months.
As a Welding Machine Operator, you will perform a variety of standard operations to operate a computer-controlled welding machine to produce welded wire mesh to meet production schedule requirements, meet all quality specifications, perform set-ups, changeovers and assist with routine maintenance. The Welding Machine Operator does not physically perform the welding, the machine does.
Essential duties and responsibilities:
- Work from specification sheets, job orders and verbal instructions
- Ensure that all wires are properly positioned for feeding into the welder
- Maintain continual visual inspection of product and process for proper positioning, welding, and cutting
- Clean and maintain welding electrodes on a regular basis and make minor adjustments to machine as needed
- Perform and record prescribed quality checks
- Inform supervisor of any processing or operating problems
- Remove welded rolls of mesh from rollers
- Palletize finished rolls
- Monitor wire field
- Perform general preventative maintenance task
- Help other machine operators as needed
Job Requirements:
- High School Diploma required or its equivalent with 2-5 years of experience as a machine operator or very good mechanical aptitude
- Must be able to work independently
- Must be detail oriented and organized
- Maintain a clean work area
- Lifting requirements up to approximately 50 lbs.
- Maintain high levels of efficiency and quality
- Good mechanical aptitude
If you are a proactive person who takes pride and ownership in your contribution, have excellent attention to detail and want to be part of a growing organization this could be your next long-term role.
