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Description Responsible for the installation, repair, and construction of industrial refrigeration systems for ammonia piping and other related piping systems. Key Responsibilities: • Works on components that include the following: structural frames, pipe supports, equipment, steel supports, all carbon and stainless refrigeration materials. • Works with carbon and stainless-steel materials. • Must have successfully achieved documented welding certification for stick welding of Carbon Steel and/or Stainless-Steel pressure piping and structures to applicable ASME code and RC&E welding procedure standards. • Use a variety of hand tools and sketches. • Direct helpers in limited tasks. • Clamp, hold, tack-weld, heat-bend, grind or bolt component parts to obtain required limited configurations & positions for welding. • Prepare all material surfaces to be welded, ensuring that there is no loose or thick scale, slag, rust, moisture, grease, or other foreign matter. • Remove rough spots from work pieces, using portable grinders, hand files, or scrapers. • Chip or grind off excess weld, slag, or spatter, using hand scrapers or power chippers, portable grinders, or arc-cutting equipment • Weld steel structures and components in flat or vertical positions using fillet weld procedures. Requirements • Recognize, set up, and operate hand and power tools common to the welding trade, such as shielded metal arc, gas metal arc, and orbital welding equipment. • Examine work pieces for defects and measures work pieces with straightedges or templates to ensure conformance with specifications. • Monitor the fitting, burning, and welding processes to avoid overheating parts or warping, shrinking, distortion, or expansion of material. • Select and install torches, torch tips, filler rods, and flux, according to welding chart specifications or types and thicknesses of metals. • Ignite torches or start power supplies and strike arcs by touching electrodes to metals being welded, completing electrical circuits. • Detect faulty operation of equipment or defective materials and notify supervisors. • Connect and turn regulator valves to activate and adjust gas flow and pressure so that desired flames are obtained. • Operate manual or semi-automatic welding equipment to fuse metal segments, using processes such as gas tungsten arc, gas metal arc, flux-cored arc, plasma arc, shielded metal arc, resistance welding, submerged arc welding, and orbital welding. • Lay out, position, align, and secure parts and assemblies prior to assembly, using straightedges, combination squares, calipers, and rulers. Non-Essential Functions: • Clean or degrease parts, using wire brushes, portable grinders, or chemical baths. • Analyze sketches, work orders, and material safety data sheets to plan layout, assembly, and welding operations. • Hammer out bulges or bends in metal work pieces. • Estimate consumable materials needed for production and manufacturing and maintain required stocks of materials. • Use fire suppression methods in industrial emergencies. • Participate in site housekeeping. Become familiar with and learn to be able do the following: • Mark or tag material with proper job number, piece marks, and other identifying marks as required. • Develop templates and models for welding projects, using mathematical calculations based on blueprint information. • 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. Benefits: • Eligible for healthcare benefits on Day 1 of employment: • Medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage • Flexible Spending Account (FSA), Dependent Care Spending Account (DCSA) • Health Savings Account (HSA) • Company-paid Life Insurance; Supplemental Employee, Spouse, and Dependent Life • Accident Hospital Indemnity • Company-paid Short and Long-term Disability Insurance • Pet Insurance • Employer matched 401(k) saving plan (with Roth option) • Weekly paycheck • Generous paid holiday schedule (11 days per year) • Paid time off (vacation + sick time) • Learning & Development programs • Employee Referral Bonus Program • Tuition Reimbursement EOE – Disability/Veterans