Welder
Fabrication
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Company Description
CraneWerks is seeking a professional and skilled Welder to join our team. We specialize in custom-designed material handling systems and lifting devices, and we need a talented welder to ensure our projects meet the highest standards of safety and quality. Experience with industrial cranes is preferred.
Role Description
As a Welder at CraneWerks, you will be responsible for fabricating, positioning, aligning, fitting, and welding parts to form complete units or subunits. You will follow blueprints and layout specifications, study engineering drawings, move parts into position, verify conformance of work pieces, and ensure proper assembly and maintenance of the shop and equipment.
Qualifications
- Understanding of structural basics, including rigging, welding, erection, and reinforcements
- Ability to read, understand, and layout to prints
- Ability to operate forklifts and overhead cranes
- High school diploma or GED
- Welding certification(s) (Required)
- Driver’s License (Required)
Physical Requirements
- Good general health
- Good balance, agility, vision, and depth perception
If you have the skills and experience to excel in this role, apply today and become a part of the CraneWerks team!
As one of our Welders, you will:
Assemble
- Tack-weld fitted parts together
- Move parts into position, manually or with hoists or cranes
- Follow blueprints and layout specifications using jigs, welding torches, and hand tools
- Study engineering drawings and blueprints to determine materials requirements and task sequences
- Lay out and examine metal stock or work pieces to ensure that specifications are met
Fabricate
- Fabricate, position, align, fit, and weld parts to form complete units or subunits
- Verify conformance of work pieces to specifications using squares, rulers, and measuring tapes
- Remove high spots and cut bevels using hand files, portable grinders, and cutting torches
- Locate and mark work piece bending and cutting lines, accounting for stock thickness, machine and welding shrinkage, and other specifications
- Set up face blocks, jigs, and fixtures
- Smooth work piece edges
- Straighten warped or bent parts using sledges, hand torches, or straightening presses
- Lift or move materials and finished products using large cranes
- Preheat work pieces to make them malleable using hand torches
- Erect ladders and scaffolding to fit together large assemblies
Align & Fit
- Align and fit parts according to specifications using jacks, wedges, drift pins, pry bars, and hammers
- Design and construct templates and fixtures using hand tools
- Mark reference points onto floors or face blocks and transpose them to work pieces using measuring devices, squares, chalk, and soapstone
Operate Machinery
- Set up and operate fabricating machines such as brakes, rolls, shears, flame cutters, grinders, and drill presses
- Hammer, chip, and grind work pieces to cut, bend, and straighten metal
License/Certification
Driver’s License (Required)
Work Location
Onsite (Morristown, IN)
CraneWerks stands out as your top pick for reliable and long-lasting overhead crane and hoist solutions, delivering material handling options across the nation. Our services are crafted to ensure your compliance with OSHA standards, maintain the optimal performance of your overhead lifting gear, and foster a secure workplace for your staff. From essential OSHA-mandated inspections to proactive maintenance, repairs, and comprehensive employee training, CraneWerks is your trusted partner every step of the way.
Our ever-growing staff (that could be you!) of dedicated engineering, manufacturing, and technical associates have the common goal of both supporting and growing our dealer network.
We are always on the lookout for top talent to join the CraneWerks family. At CraneWerks, our Midwest values show in every crane we deliver and every inspection we perform – our employees make the difference.
The actions we take in our lives create lasting reverberations, often enduring beyond our time. Roger Graham, a cherished member of the CraneWerks family for 18 years, was a remarkable and generous individual whose actions and words have left a lasting impact. His legacy continues to resonate with those who had the privilege of knowing or working with him. In honor of his memory, the Roger Graham Scholarship is presented each year to a deserving local high school senior pursuing education in a trade school.