PREP Welder - Day Shift

Job description

Come join our team at [DIS-TRAN Steel](http://www.distransteel.com)! Our people – not our machinery - are our biggest assets. DIS-TRAN Steel’s leadership team lives by our company values, modeling our culture of respect and integrity each day.**We're a team that likes to have fun, but we also know how to get stuff done.** DIS-TRAN Steel, located in Pineville, LA, is looking for experienced PREP Welders to join our team on Days. PREP Welders must be capable of performing all welds needed on our structures and must understand instructions given in regard to the welds. This individual must be able to perform duties with speed and accuracy in order to produce a quality product and keep a steady flow through the facility. This position will frequently use calculating skills, by tape measure or other device. This position will use other moving machinery or equipment, including cranes, in order to manipulate steel structures. ### COMPETENCIES - Customer Focus - Decision Quality - Business Insight - Drives Results - Collaborates - Communicates Effectively - Courage - Instills Trust - Manages Ambiguity ### ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES - Operates safety equipment and uses safe work habits. - Positions, aligns, and welds parts to form complete structures, following blueprints and layout specifications, using machinery, welding torches, and hand tools. - Recognize, set up, and operate hand and power tools common to the welding trade. - Examines steel or workpieces to be processed to ensure that specifications are met. - Moves parts safely into position; manually or with hoists or cranes. - Welds components in flat positions. - Operates manual welding equipment to fuse metal parts using the gas metal arc process. - Cleans welds with grinders and other equipment common to the welding trade. - Examines work pieces for defects and measures with weld gauges to ensure conformance with specification standard operating procedures. ### REQUIREMENTS FOR PREP WELDERS - High School Diploma or equivalent preferred. - Ability to interpret blueprints required. - Ability to read a tape measure required. - Welding certification or prior welding experience preferred; GMAW experience preferred. - Certifications or prior experience using moving machinery, such as cranes, preferred. - Must pass a site weld test.