Build Technician

Join metal pieces and structures using various welding techniques, requiring precision, attention to detail, and the ability to read blueprints and follow specifications.

Requirements

• Evaluate print for feasibility
• Turn on the welding machine (switch) and boot up, switch programs
• Gather up parts from bin kitted by materials team
• Get parts ready and start welding
• Get parts from Laser Department or Tool Room
• Job sheet and material sheet (paperwork): includes blueprint, quantity of material required
• Log into PLEX to complete a job
• Counting parts produced per day (count manually and then log into PLEX)
• Print label once a day for parts that are created
• Label must stay with parts (traveler)
• Label bin, which needs to be visible for the next operation
• If a low volume job, will clean parts as they are welded with handheld 90 grinder
• Put fixtures together for first piece check - job specific
• Work with the Design Team to ensure drawings are accurate or to verify measurements for parts
• Run parts - quality parts are approved
• Determine operation sequence required to produce part
• Show operator do's and don'ts of job
• Work with shipping for outside processes
• Quality checks and safety
• Welds, solders, bolts, rivets, screws, clips, caulks, or bonds component parts to assemble products, using hand tools, power tools, and equipment.
• Installs assemblies in supportive framework according to blueprints, using hand tools, power tools, and lifting and handling devices.
• Read the build books to assemble.