Embarking on a career as a welder in Bossier City, LA, typically begins with technical training, which can range from 6 months to 2 years, providing both theoretical knowledge and practical skills. According to the American Welding Society, the welding industry is poised for significant growth, with an estimated 320,500 new welding professionals needed by 2029. In Bossier City, the median weekly wage for welders is approximately $1,720, with experienced welders earning up to $3,056 per week. Training programs offered by local trade schools and welding associations, such as the American Welding Society, help aspiring welders secure apprenticeships and entry-level positions, leading to a rewarding career with competitive wages and opportunities for advancement.
At Sabre Industries, we connect and power America’s communities with world-class utility and telecom solutions. We reliably build a better world together; one customer, one team, and one community at a time. Our teams live out the organization’s core values of integrity, commitment, innovation, and connection. That’s how we continuously exceed our high standards of enterprise excellence—by creating a space for our engaged employees to thrive. With consistent hiring opportunities nationwide and countless career levels, chances are the next big step on your career path starts here. We work with our employees to create customized career paths and development in all facets of the organization. People will always be our greatest asset, and we place emphasis on enhancing the lives of our employees. Scope of Responsibility: This position performs production within prescribed codes, and according to prescribed procedures, specifications, and drawings. As an applicant, a 2F Evaluation will be administered to determine skillset and knowledge base. Must be able to pass and qualify to a GMAW 2G weld test that meets visual acceptance criteria before being offered the Welder C position. Bend testing will take place after accepting the job offer. Essential Duties: • Knowledge of general safety guidelines. Sabre specific safety guidelines will be taught on site. • Wears required personal protective equipment (PPE). • Works Independently with minimal supervision on assignments as directed by the Supervisor. Displays a strong sense of ownership for work. • Flexible and Adaptable: has the ability to readily switch tasks when directed. • Sabre’s quality expectations and application in the workplace will be taught during onboarding and On the Job Training. • Basic understanding of blueprints and weld symbols. • Adjust welding machines within parameters of welding procedure specifications (WPS). • Frequently pushes, pulls and lift, up to 50 pounds. • Uses oxy-fuel torch to pre-heat parts to be welded in accordance with welding procedure specifications (WPS). • Uses GMAW welding process (Spray Arc transfer) to weld components or assemblies. • Uses chipping hammer, wire brush, and grinders at various times to clean weld joints and finished welds. • Uses magnetic drills to drill various size holes on pole assembly as required by drawings. • Visually inspects his/her work to ensure that welds comply with applicable drawings and code requirements. • Uses a weld gauge to measure weld sizes. • Uses mechanical rolling equipment to rotate sections to optimize positioning of weld joints. • Additional duties as assigned by Supervisor and/or Management as knowledge base increases. • Regular and on-time attendance. • Maintains a positive attitude. • Work in your shift as scheduled • Getting along with coworkers Position Requirements: Education: High School diploma or GED equivalent preferred Experience: GMAW (Spray Arc Transfer) welding experience preferred. Skills & Abilities: • Basic Math skills required • Must be able to read and write. • Ability to read blueprints required Physical Requirements: • Must be able to stand 100% of scheduled shift. Lifting, pushing, prying, and dragging heavy materials, up to 50 pounds. • Must be capable of bending, stooping, crawling under or over and occasional climbing of stairs/ladders heights up to 6 or 7 feet. • Must possess adequate hand-eye coordination, dexterity and stamina to sustain expected production effectively. • Must be able to work in fast-paced work environment. • Must be able to perform physical activities that require considerable use of arms and legs and moving entire body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, bending, twisting and handling of materials. • Must be able to work in an open environment exposed to extreme temperatures. At Sabre Industries, we invest in your future with a competitive benefits program. As a full-time employee, you are eligible for: • Medical, Dental & Vision coverage • 401(k) with Company Match • Continuing Education & Tuition Reimbursement • Life and Disability Coverage • Paid Time Off & Paid Holidays • Health and Wellness Resources • Employee Discounts Sabre Industries is an Equal Opportunity Employer: M/F/Vets/Disabled/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity Revised: 12/30/2024
See More Details >>At Sabre Industries, we connect and power America’s communities with world-class utility and telecom solutions. We reliably build a better world together; one customer, one team, and one community at a time. Our teams live out the organization’s core values of integrity, commitment, innovation, and connection. That’s how we continuously exceed our high standards of enterprise excellence—by creating a space for our engaged employees to thrive. With consistent hiring opportunities nationwide and countless career levels, chances are the next big step on your career path starts here. We work with our employees to create customized career paths and development in all facets of the organization. People will always be our greatest asset and we place emphasis on enhancing the lives of our employees. Essential Duties: • Ability to plan, organize, pay attention to details and multi-task in a fast-paced work environment. • Works Independently with minimal supervision once assignments or responsibilities outlined and delegated. Displays a strong sense of ownership for work. • Flexible and Adaptable: Copes with ambiguity, change, and uncertainty effectively. Not hesitant to resolve lack of clarity, structure, or definition of outcomes then moves ahead. • Actively seeks and supports continuous improvement activities in process efficiencies, costs and effectiveness of work. • Knowledge of general safety guidelines and Sabre’s quality expectations and application in the workplace. • Must work well with others. • Regular and on-time attendance. • Work in your shift as scheduled. Position Requirements: • Uses the Flux Cored Arc Welding process to tack weld various small components to round or formed shafts to make a pole assembly for the welder to weld. The pole assembly generally consists of a round tube or formed shaft, baseplate, hand hole, arm mounting simplex, tenon top, vangs, step lugs, ladder clips, and/or other small parts. • Works in Large Pole department on individual fitter station to assemble pole assembly. Assist material handler in loading round tube or formed shaft on individual fitter station. • Reads and interprets drawings to determine parts needed to assemble pole assembly. Locate and gather Storeroom Personnel staged parts needed for assembly from parts staging area. Frequently pushes, pulls, and lifts up to 50 pounds. • Reads and interprets drawing to assure proper location of various small part attachments. Layout various locations on round tube or formed shaft based upon interpretation of drawings and specifications. • Uses measuring tape, level, square, and angle finders to measure distances and angles. Adds, subtracts, multiplies, and divides feet, inches, fractions, and decimals. Uses table to convert fractions to decimals and decimals to fractions. • Uses plasma torch and oxy-fuel torch to cut steel. Uses jigs made at Sabre/Texas for laying out vang slots and for cutting holes in shafts for inserting hand hole rims, arm mounting simplex, couplings, and other small parts. Wear protective goggles or welding hood to protect eyes from harmful rays. • Moves around round tube or formed shaft as necessary to get into proper position to accurately measure and assemble components described above including standing on elevated platform when necessitated by the size of the shafts. • Uses motorized grinders, motorized buffers, stone grinders, and drills to help assemble pole assembly according to prescribed specifications, codes and drawing. Wears protective face shield and safety glasses to protect eyes and face. • Adjusts welding machine to achieve desired results within parameters of established welding procedures. Changes tips, ceramic cups, and electrodes in plasma torch as needed to achieve desired cutting results. • Finish weld various products of the unit to keep the product moving through the large pole department in a timely manner. Reads and interprets weld symbols. • Uses oxy-fuel torch to preheat parts prior to welding. Read codes and specifications to determine proper temperature and uses instruments provided to measure temperature. • Uses chipping hammer, wire brush, motorized grinder, and motorized wire brush at various times to clean welded areas. • Uses pneumatic drills and magnetic drills to drill and ream various sizes holes in poles as required by the drawing. • Wears protective equipment, including safety glasses, insulated welding gloves, welding cap, leather sleeves, and/or cape, and welding hood for protection against hot metal, arc rays, grinding debris, and other potentially. • Performs visual inspecting and identifies material discrepancies to assure welds have been completed satisfactorily in compliance with applicable drawings and specifications. Uses a weld gauge to measure weld size. • When called for by the drawings and specifications, must produce full-penetration welds as defined by American Welding Society code. Uses air-arc gouger to remove weld defects, and rewelds to meet specifications. • Uses overhead crane to load finished poles into bolsters for transportation out of the pole assembly area. • Welds other products in other areas, using either Flux-Cored Arc Welding or Gas Metal Arc Welding process. • Assist and instructs other welders and fitters when needed to overcome deficiencies in quality and/or productivity. • High School diploma or GED equivalent preferred. • Must have knowledge of basic shop mathematics, addition, subtraction, fractions, multiplication and decimals. • Proficiency in reading complex prints and specifications. • Must know how to properly use a weld gauge. • Read and write. Physical Requirement: • Must be able to stand 100% of scheduled shift. Lifting, pushing, prying, and dragging heavy materials. • Must be capable of bending, stooping, crawling under or over and occasional climbing of stairs/ladders heights up to 6 or 7 feet. • Abnormal level of noise due to grinding, chipping, hammering requires hearing protection (ear plugs) be worn at all times. • Must possess adequate dexterity and stamina to sustain expected production effectively. • Must be able to work in fast-paced work environment. • Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds. • Must be able to perform physical activities that require considerable use of arms and legs and moving entire body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, bending, twisting and handling of materials. • Position requires manual dexterity, arm-hand steadiness and a safety-minded individual. At Sabre Industries, we invest in your future with a competitive benefits program. As a full-time employee, you are eligible for: • Medical, Dental & Vision coverage • 401(k) with Company Match • Continuing Education & Tuition Reimbursement • Life and Disability Coverage • Paid Time Off & Paid Holidays • Health and Wellness Resources • Employee Discounts Sabre Industries is an Equal Opportunity Employer: M/F/Vets/Disabled/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity
See More Details >>At Sabre Industries, we connect and power America’s communities with world-class utility and telecom solutions. We reliably build a better world together; one customer, one team, and one community at a time. Our teams live out the organization’s core values of integrity, commitment, innovation, and connection. That’s how we continuously exceed our high standards of enterprise excellence—by creating a space for our engaged employees to thrive. With consistent hiring opportunities nationwide and countless career levels, chances are the next big step on your career path starts here. We work with our employees to create customized career paths and development in all facets of the organization. People will always be our greatest asset, and we place emphasis on enhancing the lives of our employees. Scope of Responsibility: This position performs production within prescribed codes, and according to prescribed procedures, specifications, and drawings. Must complete Welder Training Program by passing a GMAW 2G qualification weld test that meets visual and bend testing acceptance criteria. As an applicant, a 2F Evaluation will be administered to determine skillset and knowledge base before being offered the Welder Trainee position. Essential Duties: • Knowledge of general safety guidelines. Sabre specific safety guidelines will be taught on site. • Wears required personal protective equipment (PPE). • Works Independently with minimal supervision on assignments. Displays a strong sense of ownership for work. • Flexible and Adaptable: has the ability to readily switch tasks when directed. • Sabre’s quality expectations and application in the workplace will be taught during onboarding and On the Job Training. • Basic understanding of blueprints and weld symbols. • Adjust welding machines within parameters of welding procedure specifications (WPS). • Frequently pushes, pulls and lift up to 50 pounds. • Uses oxy-fuel torch to pre-heat parts to be welded in accordance with welding procedure specifications (WPS). • Uses GMAW welding process to weld small components or assemblies. • Uses chipping hammer, wire brush, and grinders at various times to clean weld joints and finished welds. • Uses magnetic drills to drill various size holes on pole assembly as required by drawings. • Visually inspects his/her work to ensure that welds comply with applicable drawings and code requirements. • Uses a weld gauge to measure weld sizes. Proper usage will be taught during training. • Additional duties as assigned by Supervisor and/or Management as knowledge base increases. • Regular and on-time attendance. • Maintains a positive attitude. • Work in your shift as scheduled • Getting along with coworkers Position Requirements: Education: High School diploma or GED equivalent preferred. Skills & Abilities: • Basic Math skills required. • GMAW (Spray Arc Transfer) welding experience preferred. Physical Requirements: • Must be able to stand 100% of scheduled shift. Lifting, pushing, prying, and dragging heavy materials, up to 50 pounds. • Must possess adequate hand-eye coordination, dexterity and stamina to sustain expected production effectively. • Must be able to work in fast-paced work environment. • Must be able to perform physical activities that require considerable use of arms and legs and moving entire body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, bending, twisting and handling of materials. • Must be able to work in an open environment exposed to extreme temperatures. At Sabre Industries, we invest in your future with a competitive benefits program. As a full-time employee, you are eligible for: • Medical, Dental & Vision coverage • 401(k) with Company Match • Continuing Education & Tuition Reimbursement • Life and Disability Coverage • Paid Time Off & Paid Holidays • Health and Wellness Resources • Employee Discounts • Overtime & Per Diem Opportunities Sabre Industries is an Equal Opportunity Employer: M/F/Vets/Disabled/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity Revision 12/30/2024
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