Welder

We are hiring a full-time Welder for a growing industrial Cobourg manufacturer to expand their production team.

START: Immediately

HOURS OF WORK: Monday to Friday 7am to 3.30pm

RATE OF PAY: $25.00 p/h to start plus strong benefits package

 

RESPONSIBILITY: 

  • Operates safety equipment and uses safe work habits while performing his job function.
  • Welds components in flat, and horizontal
  • Ignites torches or starts power supplies and strikes arcs by touching electrodes to metals being welded, completing electrical circuits.
  • Detects faulty operation of equipment or defective materials and notifies supervisors.
  • Clamps, holds, tack-weld, heat-bend, grind or bolts component parts to obtain required configurations and positions for welding.
  • Operates manual or semi-automatic welding equipment to fuse metal segments, using processes such as, gas metal arc, and flux-cored arc, plasma arc,
  • Monitors the fitting, burning, and welding processes to avoid overheating of parts of warping, shrinking, distortion, or expansion of materials.
  • Examines work pieces for defects and measures work pieces with straightedges or templates to ensure conformance with specifications.
  • Recognizes, set up, and operates hand and power tools common to the welding trade, such as shielded metal arc and gas metal arc welding equipment
  • Lay out, position, align, and secure parts and assemblies prior to assembly, using straightedges, combination squares, calipers, and rulers.

 

REQUIREMENTS: 

  • High school diploma or equivalent
  • Welding certificate
  • Fork lift license – considered an asset,
  • Experienced with the use of all tools normally found in a metal fabrication shop, Welders, Saws, hand tools, steel cutting tools (CNC an asset)
  • Strong commitment to safety in the workplace.
  • Ability to understand drawings and production work orders.
  • Flexible work schedules and working overtime based on production demand.
  • Physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving the whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling of materials.