Welding Technician

PURPOSE:  Utilizing welding expertise, maintain mining equipment (haul trucks, loaders, dozers & other ancillary equipment) for open pit copper mining operations Utilizes blueprints and sketches to layout, fabricate, construct or repair piping, ductwork, steel structures and plant equipment by cutting, welding, riveting and assembling ferrous and nonferrous plate, heavy sheet metal and structural shapes in both field and shop areas.

 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

 

Journeyman level Welder position: 

1. Mig, Tig, GSMA, SMAW, FCAW, oxygen-acetylene cutting systems, and plasma torch systems.
2. Ability to read prints, layout and fabricate, work from verbal communication
3. Able to operate metal fabrication equipment (shears, rolls, brakes, punch, saw, etc.)
4. Able to pass Company welding test
5. Ability and willing to work rotating shifts and rotating days off, if required
6. Able to plan work to be performed by interpreting engineering drawings, sketches, work orders and verbal instructions.
7. Able to make materials, supplies and tools list for the assigned work.
8. Able to carry material and equipment to be used on the job.
9. Ability to make simple and complex layouts for cutting, welding, shearing, punching and drilling per blueprints or specifications.
10. Able to cut, forms, shapes, assembles, fabricates, weld, dismantles and installs using hand and power tools, welding, cutting and burning equipment as required in performing duties.
11. Ability to rig material and equipment for lifting as required.
12. Other tasks as assigned by the supervisor.

 

Physical Demands:(Frequency %)

  

Lift (Lbs)       1-10   10           11-25    10         26-35    10        36-50    20           51+    50   

 

 

Activity required (%):

 

1. Stand   100                 6.       Bend/Stoop       80               11.       Squat/Crouch             80
2. Walk    15                  7.       Grasp             100                12.       Climb Stairs                10
3. Kneel   50                  8.       Sit                       50              13.       Climb Ladders           05
4. Crawl  10                 9.       Pushing             10               14.       Pulling                        30
5. Lifting     90               10.       Carrying            60                

 

 

Equipment/Tools Required To Use:

Impact wrenches, pneumatic air tools, pry bars, sledgehammer, overhead crane, metal shear, iron worker, power drills, grinders.

 

Safety Equipment Required:

Hard hat, safety glasses, goggles, face shield, steel toe shoes, hearing protection, respirator, seat belts (harness) and lanyard, gloves, life vest, rainsuit, leather jacket, leather sleeves.

 

Work Conditions (Environment):

Poor footing, hot and cold temperatures, heights (up to 150’ above ground), restricted lighting, loud noise, confined spaces, wet, humid, dusty, windy, dirty, greasy areas, chemical fumes exposure. Must be able to walk over rough terrain, climb ladders/stairs, stand/sit, crouch, crawl, lie down for extended periods of time.

 

 

 

Qualifications

Miscellaneous Requirements:

• Experience with Mining and heavy equipment repair required
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Minimum of 8 years’ experience in all position welding, air/arc/gas cutting, gas welding, and working with various types of metals.  Welding certification required.
• Must provide own tools of the trade
• High School Diploma/GED
• Valid Arizona Driver’s License
• Basic ability to speak, read and write English

 

A core value of ASARCO LLC is “Safety First