Becoming a welder typically starts with technical training, which can range from 6 months to 2 years, providing the necessary skills to enter the field. Sweetwater, TX, has a growing demand for welders, with the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reporting over 402,333 welders nationwide and approximately 9,463 active job openings at any given time. Sweetwater, with its diverse industrial sectors, offers numerous opportunities for welders. The median annual earnings for welders exceed $45,000, with potential for significant growth through specialization and experience. Trade schools, community colleges, and apprenticeship programs are available to help aspiring welders find training and employment opportunities, leading to a career with strong earning potential.
Position Location: Roscoe, TX (Must Commute Daily to Roscoe Facility) Position Summary: Use hand-welding or flame-cutting equipment to weld or join metal components or to fill holes, indentations, or seams of fabricated metal products. Tasks: • Clamp, hold, tack-weld, heat-bend, grind and/or bolt component parts to obtain required configurations and positions for welding. • Remove rough spots from workpieces, using portable grinders, hand files, or scrapers. • Chip or grind off excess weld, slag, or spatter, using hand scrapers or power chippers, portable grinders, or arc-cutting equipment. • Weld components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions. • Operate safety equipment and use safe work habits. • Operate manual or semi-automatic welding equipment to fuse metal segments, using processes such as gas tungsten arc, gas metal arc, flux-cored arc, plasma arc, shielded metal arc, resistance welding, and submerged arc welding. • 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. • Ignite torches or start power supplies and strike arcs by touching electrodes to metals being welded, completing electrical circuits. • Examine workpieces for defects, and measure workpieces with templates to ensure conformance with specifications and application of ACF Side Sill Modifications when necessary. • Monitor the fitting, burning, and welding processes to avoid overheating of parts or warping, shrinking, distortion, or expansion of material. • Select and install torches, torch tips, filler rods, and flux, according to welding chart specifications, or types and thicknesses of metals. • Fill holes and increase the size of metal parts. • Detect faulty operation of equipment and/or defective materials and notify supervisors. • Connect and turn regulator valves to activate and adjust gas flow and pressure so that desired flames are obtained. • Lay out, position, align, and secure parts and assemblies prior to assembly, using straightedges, combination squares, calipers, and rulers. • Repair products by dismantling, straightening, reshaping, and reassembling parts, using cutting torches, straightening presses, and hand tools. • Mark and/or tag material with proper car numbers, piece marks, and other identifying marks as required. • Position and secure workpieces, using hoists, cranes, wire, and banding machines or hand tools. • Analyze engineering drawings, blueprints, specifications, sketches, work orders, and material safety data sheets to plan layout, assembly, and welding operations. • Preheat workpieces prior to welding or bending, using torches or heating heads. • Hammer out bulges or bends in metal workpieces. • Guide and direct flames or electrodes on or across workpieces to straighten, bend, melt, or build up metal. • Check grooves, angles, or gap allowances, using micrometers, calipers, and precision measuring instruments. • Set up and use ladders and scaffolding as necessary to complete work. • Use fire extinguisher in industrial emergencies. • Signal crane operators to move large workpieces. • Skills: • Ability to weld or learn to weld via on the job training. • Able to stand for long periods of time with limited breaks. • Must be able to lift up to 75 pounds and team lift up to 150 pounds. • Work in extreme temperatures and elements for an extended period of time. • Must be able to work in confined spaces. • Must be able to work at elevated heights. • Must be able to read and comprehend basic drawings and scope of work. • Must possess basic math skills, addition, subtraction. Qualities:Experience and Education: • Dependable • Teachable • Mechanically Inclined • Committed to Personal Excellence (Safety, Quality, Productivity) High School Diploma (or GED or High School Equivalence Certificate); 3 years verifiable work experience. Job Type: Full-time Pay: $21.00 - $28.00 per hour Benefits: • 401(k) • 401(k) matching • Dental insurance • Employee assistance program • Health insurance • Life insurance • Paid time off • Parental leave • Professional development assistance • Referral program • Retirement plan • Tuition reimbursement • Vision insurance Shift: • 10 hour shift • Day shift Application Question(s): • Are you comfortable working in Confined Spaces and/or at Elevated Heights? • This position requires the use a tight-fitting respirator; do you agree to be appropriately clean-shaven per OSHA 29 CFR 1910.134, at all times? Education: • High school or equivalent (Required) Ability to Commute: • Sweetwater, TX (Required) Ability to Relocate: • Sweetwater, TX: Relocate before starting work (Required) Work Location: In person
See More Details >>MUST BE CERTIFIED TO QUALIFY FOR THIS ROLE Position Location: Roscoe, TX (Must Commute Daily to Roscoe Facility) Position Summary: Use hand-welding or flame-cutting equipment to weld or join metal components or to fill holes, indentations, or seams of fabricated metal products. Tasks: • Clamp, hold, tack-weld, heat-bend, grind and/or bolt component parts to obtain required configurations and positions for welding. • Remove rough spots from workpieces, using portable grinders, hand files, or scrapers. • Chip or grind off excess weld, slag, or spatter, using hand scrapers or power chippers, portable grinders, or arc-cutting equipment. • Weld components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions. • Operate safety equipment and use safe work habits. • Operate manual or semi-automatic welding equipment to fuse metal segments, using processes such as gas tungsten arc, gas metal arc, flux-cored arc, plasma arc, shielded metal arc, resistance welding, and submerged arc welding. • 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. • Ignite torches or start power supplies and strike arcs by touching electrodes to metals being welded, completing electrical circuits. • Examine workpieces for defects, and measure workpieces with templates to ensure conformance with specifications and application of ACF Side Sill Modifications when necessary. • Monitor the fitting, burning, and welding processes to avoid overheating of parts or warping, shrinking, distortion, or expansion of material. • Select and install torches, torch tips, filler rods, and flux, according to welding chart specifications, or types and thicknesses of metals. • Fill holes and increase the size of metal parts. • Detect faulty operation of equipment and/or defective materials and notify supervisors. • Connect and turn regulator valves to activate and adjust gas flow and pressure so that desired flames are obtained. • Lay out, position, align, and secure parts and assemblies prior to assembly, using straightedges, combination squares, calipers, and rulers. • Repair products by dismantling, straightening, reshaping, and reassembling parts, using cutting torches, straightening presses, and hand tools. • Mark and/or tag material with proper car numbers, piece marks, and other identifying marks as required. • Position and secure workpieces, using hoists, cranes, wire, and banding machines or hand tools. • Analyze engineering drawings, blueprints, specifications, sketches, work orders, and material safety data sheets to plan layout, assembly, and welding operations. • Preheat workpieces prior to welding or bending, using torches or heating heads. • Hammer out bulges or bends in metal workpieces. • Guide and direct flames or electrodes on or across workpieces to straighten, bend, melt, or build up metal. • Check grooves, angles, or gap allowances, using micrometers, calipers, and precision measuring instruments. • Set up and use ladders and scaffolding as necessary to complete work. • Use fire extinguisher in industrial emergencies. • Signal crane operators to move large workpieces. Skills: • Ability to weld or join metal components to fill holes, indentations, or seams of fabricated metal products. • Must be able to read and comprehend basic drawings and scope of work. • Must possess basic math skills, addition, subtraction. Qualities: • Dependable • Teachable • Mechanically Inclined • Committed to Personal Excellence (Safety, Quality, Productivity Experience and Education: • High School Diploma (or GED or High School Equivalence Certificate) • 3 years’ experience as a Tank Welder or similar position(s). • Certified Welder (required). Job Type: Full-time Pay: $29.00 - $35.00 per hour Benefits: • 401(k) • 401(k) matching • Dental insurance • Employee assistance program • Health insurance • Life insurance • Paid time off • Parental leave • Professional development assistance • Referral program • Retirement plan • Tuition reimbursement • Vision insurance Shift: • Day shift People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply Application Question(s): • Are you comfortable working in Confined Spaces and/or at Elevated Heights? • This position requires the use of a tight-fitting respirator; do you agree to be appropriately clean-shaven per OSHA 29 CFR 1910.134, at all times? Education: • High school or equivalent (Preferred) License/Certification: • Welding Certification (Required) Shift availability: • Day Shift (Preferred) • Night Shift (Preferred) Work Location: In person
See More Details >>Maintenance Millwright Job Highlights Title Maintenance Millwright Type Full Time Experience 5 Years Function Production/Manufacturing Location Sweetwater, TX, United States Company Koch Industries Company Profile Koch Industries is one of the largest private companies in America. The company has a diverse set of businesses and industries across the world. It offers abundant opportunities to improve life’s most necessary things – like food, clothing, water, transportation, and technology. Georgia-Pacific is among the world’s leading manufacturers and marketers of bath tissue, paper towels and napkins, tableware, paper-based packaging, cellulose, specialty fibers, and building products. Job Profile The company is hiring a Maintenance Millwright who will ensure the successful operation of the facility by resolving mechanical issues, recommending alternative repairs and equipment upgrades, identifying quality concerns, setting equipment in a precision state, and understanding the production threshold of the equipment. Educational Qualification • No education level is mentioned, yet applicants may be required a High School Diploma/GED Work Experience • Possess 5 years or more of experience working in a mechanical maintenance position within a manufacturing, industrial, or military environment • Experience in precision maintenance practices such as lubrication, alignment techniques, and precision measuring • Experience reading and understanding mechanical drawings • Experience troubleshooting issues with bearings, chains, sprockets, gearboxes, and conveyors • Experience using a cutting torch and welding with an arc welder • Experience working with hydraulic and pneumatic systems Duties/Responsibilities • Adhere to all plant safety and environmental guidelines, policies, and procedures and actively participate in a safety program • Help meet or exceed production and quality goals while optimizing equipment to reduce waste • Install and align new equipment • Maintain accurate maintenance logs including labor hours and critical preventative maintenance findings • Maintain strict adherence to safety rules and regulations including wearing safety equipment • Perform periodic maintenance routines including lubricating machine tools and equipment for improved reliability and uptime • Perform precession repairs on all equipment • Troubleshoot, repair, and maintain industrial machinery • Work with the operations and maintenance teams to identify and prioritize maintenance needs Credible Qualifications • 2-year technical degree or higher in Industrial Maintenance Technology or a similar program • Leadership experience in a manufacturing company with a focus on mechanical and reliability maintenance • Lean Six Sigma certification Skills/Knowledge/Abilities • Work any shift, on-call, holidays, weekends, and overtime as needed Benefits/Perks • The benefits plan includes medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, and educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave, and adoption assistance. Employer’s Statement Koch Industries is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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