STEEL FITTER

Responsible for fitting structural and miscellaneous steel as needed to complete a job or jobs in a quality and productive manner. Must be able to read and understand blueprints and use bevel, combination squares, operate overhead cranes. Must be able to properly handle materials (flipping and rolling). Must be able to use grinders, hand torches, magnets, bar clamps, etc. effectively and safely.

Requirements

• Operate safety equipment and use safe work habits
• Weld components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions
• Analyze engineering drawings, blueprints, specifications, sketches, work orders, and material safety data sheets to plan layout, assembly, and welding operations
• 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
• Monitor the fitting, burning, and welding processes to avoid overheating of parts or warping, shrinking, distortion, or expansion of material
• Prepare all material surfaces to be welded, ensuring that there is no loose or thick scale, slag, rust, moisture, grease, or other foreign matter
• Detect faulty operation of equipment or defective materials and notify supervisors
• Clean or degrease parts, using wire brushes, portable grinders, or chemical baths
• Cut, contour, and bevel metal plates and structural shapes to dimensions as specified by blueprints, layouts, work orders, and templates, using powered saws, hand shears, or chipping knives
• Repair products by dismantling, straightening, reshaping, and reassembling parts, using cutting torches, straightening presses, and hand tools
• Join parts such as beams and steel reinforcing rods in buildings, bridges, and highways, bolting and riveting as necessary
• Melt lead bars, wire, or scrap to add lead to joints or to extrude melted scrap into reusable form
• Perform job functions and responsibilities by working together with coworkers as a team-member to achieve a common goal

Benefits

• Paid Time Off
• 401k Matching