Aluminum Welders
Galveston, TX
Full Time
GCES
Mid Level
Aluminum Welders
We are looking for experienced Aluminum Welders for an upcoming 30-day project in Guam. This is a great opportunity for skilled welders interested in a short-term travel assignment with extended hours.
Project Details:
- 📍 Location: Guam
- 📅 Project Duration: Approximately 30 days
- ⏰ Schedule: 12-hour shifts
- 🏨 Hotel accommodations provided
- 💰 $65 per diem, per day
Qualified candidates should have previous aluminum welding experience and be comfortable working extended shifts for the duration of the project.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
This position is responsible for the following: Other duties may be assigned.
- A welder must understand welding procedures and parameters.
- Can comprehend and utilize blueprints, sketches, drawings, and technical. Manuals, gouge, and work process instruction.
- Welds steel plates and pipes in the repair and/or construction of marine vessels, industrial components, and associated equipment.
- Have the skills to use various types of welding equipment for different types of metal.
- Welds components in a flat, vertical, or overhead position.
- Performs related tasks such as cutting and grinding.
- Repairs broken or cracked parts, fills holes, and increases the size of metal parts.
- Welds metal parts together using gas welding, brazing, arc welding, wire fed welding, or tig welding process and procedures.
- Highly skilled welders often are trained to work with a wide variety of materials, such as titanium, aluminum, or exotic metals, in addition to steel.
- Select and set up welding equipment, execute the planned welds, and examine the welds to ensure that they meet standards or specifications.
Required Education & Experience:
- High School Diploma, some college or technical school certification, six months to one year(s) experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Must pass an ABS, or ASME weld test.
Working Conditions:
- Open-air conditions such as noisy, hot, cold, etc.
- Must be able to stand and operate equipment for up to four continuous hours.
- You must wear hearing, eye, head protection and proper PPE.
- Some climbing (100 feet or higher) and lifting (50 lbs.) involved.
- Working with hot and sometimes hazardous materials.
- Work on inland and offshore barges or in industrial settings.
- Enter round manholes with inside diameters of 18”, and other internally confined spaces.
- Traverse gangways and scaffolding at varying heights.
Necessary Equipment Operation:
- Blow torches- Motorized cutting torches; Pattern cutting torches; Welding torches.
- Gas welding, brazing, or cutting apparatus- Brazing equipment; Heliarc welding equipment; Oxyacetylene equipment; Portable gas operated arc welders
- Manlift or personnel lift- hydraulic truck lifts; Swing stages
- Welding masks- Hand shields; Welding shields.
Special Skills:
- Ability to work under deadlines and schedule pressures.
- Ability to read and interpret blueprints, sketches, drawings, and technical manuals.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- High performance and a strong team player.
- Commitment to company values and safety program
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