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B Class Structural Welder - SDCA

Austal Philippines

San Diego, CA

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JOB DETAILS
SALARY
SKILLS
Bandsaw, Environmental Compliance, Environmental Health, Environmental Monitoring, Grinding, Interpersonal Skills, Lift/Move 50 Pounds, Manufacturing Management, Metrics, OSHA, Physical Demands, Regulations, Safety Compliance, Safety/Work Safety, Scaffolding, Welding, Writing Skills
LOCATION
San Diego, CA
POSTED
Today
REPORTS TO: Fabrication Supervisor

SUPERVISES: None

AUTHORITIES / RESPONSIBILITIES:
  • Understand directions and follow instructions.
  • Accountable for completion of daily work assignments including the completion and signatures for work completion and quality.
  • Maintains cleanliness and organization on assigned job sites.
  • Performs grinding and joint preparation that meet the criteria for NDE and all visual inspection processes.
  • Monitors working environment for compliance with quality, safety, environmental and health regulations.
  • Willing to work with and train lower-skilled workers.
  • May be assigned to work any shift.
  • May be assigned tasks including outside the craft as required.
  • Must comply with the Company's "Equal Opportunity and Anti-Harassment Policy" which expects that all relationships among persons in the workplace will be professional and free of bias, prejudice, and harassment.
QUALIFICATIONS / KNOWLEDGE / EXPERIENCE:
  • Minimum 6 months experience as a Trades Assistant at Austal or 1 year related experience in similar industry required or graduate of a relevant / associated training course
    • Completion of an Austal USA approved additional or accelerated Structural Welding training course may also count towards additional required experience
  • Must pass the GMAW Aluminum 'B' Class and/or an FCAW Steel 'B' Weld Certification and approved B Class pre-employment mock weld test
  • Performs the approved WPQT's under limited supervision.
  • Must be able to perform grinding along with arc gouging and back gouging of steel welds through mechanical, flame, and ARC gouging process, joint preparation for NDE and all other visual inspection processes.
  • Must be able to demonstrate the safe and effective use of craft related tools and equipment, including but not limited to: milling discs, cutting torches, arc gougers, plate magnets, general fitting aids, sanders, grinders, burr motors, band saws, skill saws, saws all, come along and chain falls etc.
  • The ability to understand directions and follow instructions.
  • Must demonstrate an acceptable proficiency and competency to Austal Supervision for a B Class Welder position.
  • Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
  • Ability to write simple correspondence.
  • Ability to add, subtract, multiply, divide, and measure using the metric system.
  • Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
  • Ability to deal with problems that may arise in certain situations.
  • Two years of maritime experience
  • Ability to work any shift or overtime as required by management, schedule must be flexible.
TOOLS: As directed by supervisor

DIRECTION EXERCISED: None

DISCRETION EXERCISED: None

LIAISES WITH: Production Department Supervisors, Foreman and Managers, Health, Safety and Environmental

ADDITIONAL GUIDELINES:
  • Candidates must meet the following employment eligibility guidelines to be considered for employment with Austal USA:
  • 18 years of age or older at time of application
  • Able to provide proof of US Person Status
  • No felony convictions of Theft/Deception or Violent crimes within seven years from disposition date
  • No felony convictions of Drug crimes within three years from disposition date
  • Willing to submit to a drug screen
  • Willing to submit to a background check
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Must be able to tour all vessels and work sites.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, use hands to manipulate, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms, climb and balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit.

Specific physical requirements include the following:
  • Must have the ability to bend, squat, stoop, crawl, and kneel.
  • Perform prolonged standing. Ability to turn head from side to side and about the vertical axis.
  • Ability to turn body at the waist from side to side and about the vertical axis.
  • Lift/push/pull 50lbs to 75lbs on an occasional basis.
  • Lift/push/pull up to 20lbs on a frequent basis.
  • Must have the ability to climb in a safe manner (climbing as a minimum includes stairs, scaffolding, ladders, and ramps).
  • Ability to work at heights above 12' while working from ladders, scaffolding and/or man lifts.
  • Able to work at a variety of levels (ex. waist, eye, overhead).
  • Demonstrate the ability to safely and appropriately use required tools and equipment.
  • Demonstrate good balance while working on uneven surfaces and maneuvering obstacles.
  • Possess sufficient handgrip and coordination to carry and operate tools and equipment.
  • Ability to utilize personal protective equipment (hard hat, safety glasses, steel-toes shoes, goggles, respirator, safety harness, safety line, flotation gear, etc.) safely per OSHA standards.
  • Ability to withstand cold and hot temperatures.
  • Ability to enter 18" x 36" openings and work in confined spaces for prolonged periods of time.
  • Able to respond to verbal and audible sounds/commands.
  • Able to utilize adequate visual skills.
  • Ability to fully extend the arm while reaching overhead, reaching out, reaching to the side and reaching down.
  • Ability to perceive attributes of an object/material such as size, shape, temperature and texture by means of receptors in the hands and fingers.


WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters whole performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to humid conditions, moving mechanical parts, high precarious places, outside weather conditions, and extreme heat. The employee is occasionally exposed to fumes and/or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and heat and cold. The noise level in the work environment is usually very loud.

SAFETY

Must comply with company, federal, state, and local safety and environmental rules and regulations while performing daily job tasks.

COMPENSATION

Pay rate: $36.65 per hour

Equal Employment Commitment

Any qualified individual with a disability who is having difficulty in completing an application because of incompatible technology or other disability-related application issues may contact us at the following phone number for assistance: 251-445-1932.

Austal's commitment to equal employment opportunity applies at all levels of employment, in all job titles, including the executive level, and to all employment actions, including but not limited to decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, training, and promotion.

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