Production & Maintenance Precision Metals Fabricator - Corning Valley

Requisition Number: 64432

 

Corning is vital to progress – in the industries we help shape and in the world we share.

 

We invent life-changing technologies using materials science. Our scientific and manufacturing expertise, boundless curiosity, and commitment to purposeful invention place us at the center of the way the world interacts, works, learns, and lives.

Our sustained investment in research, development, and invention means we’re always ready to solve the toughest challenges alongside our customers. 

Corning’s Environmental Technologies segment manufactures ceramic substrates and filter products for emissions control in mobile and stationary applications around the world.

 

Production & Maintenance Precision Metals Fabricator - Corning Valley

 

Corning is one of the world’s leading innovators in materials science. For more than 160 years, Corning has applied its unparalleled expertise in specialty glass, ceramics, and optical physics to develop products that have created new industries and transformed people’s lives. Corning succeeds through sustained investment in R&D, a unique combination of material and process innovation, and close collaboration with customers to solve tough technology challenges.

 

Required Skills/Experience Education:

• Two-year degree in welding and fabrication OR,
• Equivalent degree in a relevant field-of-study or High School Graduate (or equivalent) with two (2) years of equivalent GTAW (TIG) welding, metal fabrication and blue print reading experience in an industrial work setting

Desired Skills and Experience:

• At least two year of welding and metal fabrication experience.
• Documented and demonstrated welding and fabrication skills in accordance with AWS, API and ASME
• SolidWorks knowledge.
• Comprehensive knowledge of weld and material characterization techniques.

 

Corning Incorporated interviews applicants for self-managed teams and we are looking for individuals that possess a strong work ethic and substantial interpersonal and team participation skills. 

Resume must highlight detailed welding experience.

 

Scope of Position:

• In this position, employees will work as Apprentices for two years to learn the skills required to become Journeymen Precision Metals Fabricators

• The primary function is to apply welding skills for the fabrication of metal components used in Corning’s glass manufacturing process. This role requires base knowledge of metals, welding, and fabrication techniques, weld inspection, etc. Collaborative interaction with engineering and operations leadership is required.

 

Day-to-Day Responsibilities:

• Demonstrate proficiency in welding and fabrication of metal components and systems.
• Demonstrate an understanding of metal preparation and proper welding techniques.
  • Prepares metal for subsequent process steps through cutting, melting, rolling, laser etc.
  • Use of a multitude of fabricating equipment (hand tools, drill press, brake press, lathes, bead roll, saws etc.) for metal and refractory components.
• Inspect welds using visual, destructive, and non-destructive testing methods.
• Develop solutions to material joining problems using knowledge of the characteristics of materials, industrial inspection techniques, material joining processes, and manufacturing standards.
• Collaborate with the designers and workforce to improve the components quality and the efficiencies of fabrication.
• Analyze and solve process quality issues using scientific principles and methodology.
• Contribute to an industrial design team in the design, redesign, and upgrade of products to achieve improved manufacturability, aesthetics, and functions.
• Communicate in a professional and supportive manner while workin