Welder - Various Locations

Welder - Various Locations

Opening WELDER CONTRACT SUPPORT (WELDCS) Various Locations Location Various Locations Hours Monday-Friday 40 hours per week Pay TBD (1) Year Project with option to renew Benefits Direct Deposit Medical Dental Vision Minimum Requirements Requires a high school diploma or its equivalent and at least 3 - 5 years of experience in the field. Familiar with a variety of the field s concepts practices and procedures. Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. Performs a variety of complicated tasks. May report directly to a supervisor or manager. A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected. The employee must have a valid California state driver s license. Experience Requirements The WELDCS must have a broad knowledge of the fundamental principles of weld shop practices and trade skills. The WELDCS must be able to interpret blueprints drawings and sketches and be able to determine the kind of weld called for by welding symbols. The WELDCS must have knowledge of different gas welding torch processes (e.g. oxyacetylene oxyhydrogen etc.) and arc welding processes (e.g. gas metal-arc gas tungsten-arc gas carbon-arc etc.). The employee must know the heating and welding characteristics of various metals the proper size and compositions of electrodes or welding rods how various metal and alloys react to different welding processes and techniques and the proper flux to be used for each job. The employee must be able to operate associated machinery and tools such as the universal punch and ironworker abrasive radial saw metal brake and bending machine and metal sheer. The WELDCS must also possess a basic knowledge of and be able to use tools such as layout square tapes rulers and combination square. Visual and sensory perception along with hand-eye coordination is required to detect deficiencies and make repairs. Major Duties The employee will perform WELDCS duties using electric and gas welding processes to fabricate and repair metal parts and articles for equipment and miscellaneous structures. The employee plans lays out positions and clamps work pre-heat metal and maintains temperature to prevent distortion.Uses templates jigs blueprints and other guides in repair of fabrication of light or intricately made mechanical parts fitted to close tolerances. The employee repairs and fabricates simple and light or intricately made mechanical parts fitted to close tolerances. Performs simple and precision welding and works with light heavy gauge and hardened metals using flat vertical horizontal and overhead positions.Work processes include pre-heating brazing bead welding tack welding flame cutting pressure welding and heat-treating. The employee independently lays out work from blueprints specifications and oral instructions.Uses accepted trade methods and a variety of welding processes such as the different gas processes various electric arc processes including inert gas shielded ones or a number of both gas or electric arc to weld all types of commonly used and exotic metals alloys of various sizes shapes and thickness of similar and dissimilar materials. The employee fabricates complete device and component parts for experimental devices.Fabricates parts used in the maintenance of buildings utilities and transportation and construction equipment. The employee fabricates parts and equipment to be installed on boats and ships.Welding must pass very high standards of radiographic or NDT examinations. The employee repairs metal bodies on government office furniture and small medium and large construction facilities and equipment. Reviews work to determine extent of damage value of item versus cost of repair. Repairs dents and smoothes areas for finishing filing or grinding fills areas welds or solders area refinishes item and paints when necessary.Call back and emergency overtime are regular requirements of this position. The WELDCS works from ladders scaffolding and platforms and where parts of the assigned work are in hard to reach places. The WELDCS shall have a good familiarity of the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southwest s (NAVFAC SW) Safety and Health Requirements Manual instructions agency equipment regulations and directives. To apply Please submit an employment application by email to info(at)hpcemployment.com or by fax to (310) 756-1562. An application can be obtained from our website at www.hpcemployment.com