Wood is currently sourcing for a Rig Welder to join our team in Jal, New Mexico. You must be capable of welding together components to fabricate or repair products such as machine parts, pressure vessels, plant equipment, pipes, plates, and structural steel using various welding procedures.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Accurately interpret and apply information from work orders, job orders, specifications, ISO’s, blueprints or other drawings and recognize basic blueprints or symbols for job application
• Identify, recognize and demonstrate safe usage of hand tools and power tools appropriate for the job
• Recognize various materials used in the craft and demonstrate a working knowledge of appropriate material handling techniques
• Select and safely use appropriate equipment which may include (but not limited to) manlifts, fork lifts, and company trucks
• Demonstrate knowledge and skills in safe rigging practices
• Identify, explain and perform crane signals
• Demonstrate ability to weld together parts using any of the welding processes on various metals such as carbon steel, stainless, alloys, etc
• Demonstrate ability to use alignment devices for fabrication
• Demonstrate knowledge and ability to qualify and pass all welding performance tests
• Demonstrate ability to produce welds that are 100% X-ray quality
• Demonstrate knowledge and skills in use of oxy-acetylene flame cutting equipment
• Demonstrate knowledge of regulations governing quality control codes
• Clamp, hold, tack-weld, heat-bend, grind or bolt component parts to obtain required configurations and positions for welding
• Weld components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions
• Remove rough spots from work pieces, using portable grinders, hand files, or scrapers

QUALIFICATIONS:

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  Candidate should have a minimum 2 years journeyman experience welding various types of materials
• Completion of formal classroom training in welding field may substitute for helper experience in welding craft
• The minimum math ability usually associated with this classification is the ability to calculate surfaces, volumes, angles, weights and measure. You must be able to use variables and formulas which are normally found in most industry approved trade books (Pipefitters “Blue Book”)
• The employee must be able to use standard and/or metric rule to measure
• Demonstrate ability to use whole numbers, fractions and decimals to add, subtract, multiply and divide and be able to accurately follow instructions
• Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times
• Equipment Selection - Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job
• Time Management - Managing one's own time and the time of others
• Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents
• Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems
• Demonstrate ability to plan and schedule work sequences