Structural Welder (Baytown, TX) - Austin Industrial

Austin External
Any Location, TX
Job Description
Welder - Structural: join steel components or metal plates using blueprints, work orders, welding procedures or oral instructions through the application of heat or electric arc-welding equipment.

Requirements

  • Uses Gas-Metal Arc, Flux-Cored Arc, Gas-Tungsten Arc, Submerged Arc or Shielded Metal Arc welding processes.
  • Unites pipes from torch to tanks of oxygen and fuel gas and turns valves to release mixture.
  • Reaching expected temperature, size, and color of flame by burning torch and adjusting flow of gas and air.
  • Fills holes or corrects mistakes in lead pieces and makes bulges thin and curves in metal work pieces.
  • manually apply filler rod to supply weld metal.
  • May clean or degrease weld joint or workplace, using wire brush, portable grinder, or chemical bath.
  • remove excess weld, defective weld material, slag and spatter, using carbon arc gouge, hand scrapper, grinder or power chipper.
  • Climbs up ladders or works on scaffolds to take apart textures.
  • In order to protect the torch chooses place of weld based on type, thickness, area, and expected temperature of metal.
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