Welder

Job Description Job Description

Summit Employment is seeking an experienced MIG welder for first shift for a Wichita manufacturing company.

Duties Include:

• Plans details of work, gathers required tools and materials based on instruction and specifications provided for the job.
• Repairs and fabricates various items from basic to complex using cutting, burning, and welding techniques and equipment.
• Monitors the welding, burning, and fitting process to ensure parts are not overheated or damaged by warping, distortion, expansion or shrinkage.
• Prepares, assembles, and tack weld parts and surfaces to be welded.
• Dismantles metal assemblies or cuts scrap metal, using thermal-cutting equipment such as flame-cutting torch or plasma-arc equipment.
• Ability to determine appropriate welding procedures for alternating current, direct current, straight polarity or direct current reverse polarity.
• Ability to use MIG, TIG, stick or other welding processes.
• Ability to produce approved products on schedule according to quality standards and deal with constantly shifting priorities while utilizing materials without excess waste and meeting required standards.
• Performs other duties as assigned with efficiency. Assists other grades and supervisors as needed.

Requirements:

• High School diploma or General Education Degree (GED); or minimum two years' related experience and/or training including principles and techniques of welding; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Understanding of design techniques, principals, and tools necessary for the precise production using technical plans, drawings, models schematics and blueprints.
• Knowledge of properties of various kind of metals.
• Ability to enter and obtain information from a computer.
• Verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to do detailed and repetitive work with speed and accuracy.
• Ability to work safely and properly use welding equipment and tools.