What are the responsibilities and job description for the Fabricator 1st Class position at Gulf Copper and Manufacturing?
Fabricator 1st Class
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
This position is responsible for the following: Other duties may be assigned.
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Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
This position is responsible for the following: Other duties may be assigned.
- Plan and develop layouts from blueprints and templates, applying knowledge of trigonometry, design, effects of heat, and properties of metals
- Plan locations and sequences of cutting, drilling, bending, rolling, punching, and welding operations, using compasses, protractors, dividers, and rules
- Design and construct templates and fixtures, using hand tools
- Add dimensional details to blueprints or drawings made by other workers
- Direct welders to build up low spots or short pieces with weld
- Study engineering drawings and blueprints to determine materials requirements and task sequences
- Layout and examine metal stock or work pieces to be processed to ensure that specifications are met
- Locate and mark work piece bending and cutting lines, allowing for stock thickness, machine and welding shrinkage, and other component specifications
- Mark reference points onto floors or face blocks and transpose them to work pieces, using measuring devices, squares, chalk, and soapstone
- Align and fit parts according to specifications, using jacks, turnbuckles, wedges, drift pins, pry bars, and hammers
- Verify conformance of work pieces to specifications, using squares, rulers, and measuring tapes
- High School Diploma and/or one year certificate from college or technical school preferred
- Industrial and/or marine Pipe or Plate/Structural fabricating experience:
- 1st Class: 3-5 years
- 2nd Class: 1-3 years
- NCCER card preferred
- Open-air conditions such as noisy, hot, cold, etc
- Must wear hearing, eye, head protection and proper PPE
- Some climbing (100 feet) and lifting (50 lbs.) involved
- Traverse gangways and scaffolding at varying heights while wearing fall prevention equipment
- Working with hot and sometimes hazardous materials
- Aboard ships, both on and offshore as well as confined spaces
- Must be able to stand and operate equipment up to four continuous hours
- The work requires long periods of sitting in awkward positions, standing on a variety of surfaces and at differing angles, bending over, crouching and climbing up and over obstructions such as scaffolding, ladders, and internal barge and boat structural members
- Blow torches — Hand torches; Welding torches
- Gauges or inspection fixtures — Dial indicators; Sine bars; Surface gauges
- Power saws — Cutoff saws; Power hacksaws; Radial arm saws
- Punches or nail sets or drifts — Center punches; Drift pins; Punches
- Shears — Beverly shears; Hand shears; Unishears
- Ability to work under deadlines and schedule pressures
- Ability to read and interpret blueprints, sketches, drawings and technical manuals
- Perform basic mathematical functions
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- High performance and a strong team player
- Commitment to company values and safety program
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