Embarking on a career as a welder in Mount Pleasant, TX, often begins with technical training, which can be completed in as little as 6 to 18 months, providing a pathway to immediate employment. According to the American Welding Society, there are approximately 402,333 welders employed across the United States, with a median annual salary of $45,190. In Mount Pleasant, TX, welders can earn an average of $169 per week, with opportunities for overtime pay that can significantly boost annual earnings. With a growing demand for welding professionals, driven by infrastructure expansion and manufacturing growth, aspiring welders can look forward to a career with strong earning potential, often exceeding $108,000 annually for experienced professionals.
• Job Title: IWI Lonestar Welder • Department: Lonestar Production Team • Reports to: Production Supervisor PURPOSE: Reporting to the IWI Lonestar production supervisor, the welder shall perform physical tasks on the assembly line, welding, and general housekeeping activities to produce IWI product and maintain a safe working environment. The welder may also be involved with ongoing efficiency improvement efforts while working with their immediate supervisor. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES (the incumbent may be asked to perform any combination of the following functions, which are subject to change as deemed by the employer at any time to adapt to company needs): • Load and unload punching presses. • Operate punching presses. • Lifting of up to 50lbs. • Basic MIG welding in the flat and horizontal positions. • Operate fork truck to load and unload trucks • Operate fork truck to place and remove goods from racking • Complete minor production reporting paperwork with the support of the supervisor. • Maintain a clean and safe work environment at all times. • Other duties as assigned by management from time to time. EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE • High school or GED level education is required as a minimum. • Minimum one (1) year of MIG welding experience. • Ability to safely operate a forklift to load and unload goods from trucks. • Ability to operate a forklift to place and retrieve goods from warehouse racking systems. • Fluent in the English language, both written and verbal. • Ability to work independently while following standard procedures. WORK ENVIRONMENT • Noise • Plant environment • Lifting of 50lbs Job Type: Full-time Pay: $18.00 - $19.00 per hour Benefits: • Health insurance • Paid time off • Tuition reimbursement Shift: • 8 hour shift Ability to Commute: • TX 75455, United States (Required) Work Location: In person
See More Details >>Priefert Mfg. is seeking a skilled Fabricator to join our team. We’re looking for talented individuals with sharp minds and steady hands to keep the growth moving forward. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND QUALIFICATIONS: • Weld components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions. • Positions work pieces; clamps work pieces together or assembles them in jigs or fixtures. • Lay out, position, align, and secure parts and assemblies prior to assembly, using straightedges, combination squares, calipers, and rulers. • Examine work pieces for defects and measure work pieces with straightedges or templates to ensure conformance with specifications. • Recognize, set up, and operate hand and power tools common to the welding trade, such as shielded metal arc and gas metal arc welding equipment. • Weld separately or in combination, using aluminum, stainless steel, cast iron, and other alloys. • Clamp, hold, tack-weld, heat-bend, grind or bolt component parts to obtain required configurations and positions for welding. • Select and install torches, torch tips, filler rods, and flux, according to welding chart specifications or types and thicknesses of metals. • Ignite torches or start power supplies and strike arcs by touching electrodes to metals being welded, completing electrical circuits. • Connect and turn regulator valves to activate and adjust gas flow and pressure so that desired flames are obtained. • Develops templates or other work aids to hold and align parts. • Analyzes engineering drawings and specifications to plan layout assembly, and welding operations. • Reviews layouts, blueprints, diagrams, or work orders in preparation for welding or cutting metal components. • Inspects grooves, angles, or gaps allowance, using micrometer, caliper, and precision measuring instruments. • Removes rough spots, excess weld, and slag or spatter using portable grinder. • Inspects finished work pieces for conformance to specifications. • Manually lifting, pushing, pulling, and/or carrying objects weighing up to 50 pounds. • Other duties as assigned. • Regular predictable attendance. GENERAL QUALIFICATIONS MAY INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: • The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position. • The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. • The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem. • The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. • The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. • The ability to providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. • The ability to use logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. • The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). • Ability to follow instructions • Ability to work on more than one task at a time • Ability to adapt quickly to changing conditions • Ability to work with minimum supervision • Ability to work effectively with fellow employees • Ability to perform repetitive work • Maintains composure in stressful situations. • Reports to work on time and as scheduled. Equal Opportunity Employer This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.
See More Details >>About the Opportunity Under direct supervision, performs simple to complex welding applications. Welds together metal components of products and all types of trailers including Utility Trailers, Cargo Trailers, Gooseneck Trailers, Flatbed Trailers, Dump Trailers, etc... Understands how to perform visual and in-process inspections in accordance with provided quality specifications. Develops skills to read and interpret blueprints. Helps facilitate the team in diagnosing, troubleshooting, and solving welding problems. Supports the team and team's objectives. Learns skills to pass periodic welding tests and qualifications in compliance with qualification procedures. Duties and Responsibilities: • Perform work in a professional and safe manner, report unsafe work practices. • Capable of learning and understanding layout, assembly, and welding procedures. • Complete and or understand reports including scrap, safety, quality, workorders, inventory, cycle counts, or other documents as presented by the supervision team. • Bolts, clamps, and tack-welds parts to secure in position for welding. • May assemble parts by bolting. • Capable of constant bending, stooping, reaching, and lifting weight up to 50 pounds. Capable of recognizing team lifting opportunities. • Capable of learning techniques related to repairing products by dismantling, straightening, reshaping, cutting, and reassembling parts. • Ability to use or learn the proper use of fabrication equipment such as plasma cutter, cutting torch, and other welding fabrication. • Clean and quality check all welds, set-up/run structural welds, know how to run all welding equipment, ability to read drawings • Ability to learn or help facilitate the team in diagnosing, troubleshooting, and solving welding problems Within the scope of the job requirements, will be required to adhere to the Company’s Quality Programs and procedures, Company policies and Safety and Environmental Regulations. • May perform other duties as assigned by supervisor. Qualifications: • High School Diploma or G.E.D Equivalent • Preferred; Technical education courses, postsecondary institutions, such as vocational and technical institutes, community colleges, private welding, soldering, and brazing schools and/or welding training through the U.S. Armed Forces • Must have strong understanding of how to interpret and use blueprints, welding specifications, and welding procedures • Must be able to use and read welding measuring devices including but not limited to squares, levels, and tape measures. • Must be able to take and follow written and oral instructions. • Must be able to communicate both with supervision and other team members as it relates to job function and current task. • Must be able to make repair welds using fabrication equipment including but not limited to cutting torches, hand grinders, surface grinders, and wheel grinders. • Must have basic math skills such as adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing for calculating material fabrication. • Must be capable of learning the proper use of fabrication support equipment including turntables, cranes, hoist, lift tables, carts, flip tables,
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