Essential Duties and Responsibilities: This position is responsible for the following: Other duties may be assigned. • A welder must understand welding procedures and parameters. • Can comprehend and utilize blueprints, sketches, drawings, and technical. Manuals, gouge, and work process instruction. • Welds steel plates and pipes in the repair and/or construction of marine vessels, industrial components, and associated equipment. • Have the skills to use various types of welding equipment for different types of metal. • Welds components in a flat, vertical, or overhead position. • Performs related tasks such as cutting and grinding. • Repairs broken or cracked parts, fills holes, and increases the size of metal parts. • Welds metal parts together using gas welding, brazing, arc welding, wire fed welding, or tig welding process and procedures. • Highly skilled welders often are trained to work with a wide variety of materials, such as titanium, aluminum, or exotic metals, in addition to steel. • Select and set up welding equipment, execute the planned welds, and examine the welds to ensure that they meet standards or specifications. Required Education & Experience: • High School Diploma, some college or technical school certification, six months to one year(s) experience or equivalent combination of education and experience. • Must pass an ABS, or ASME weld test. Working Conditions: • Open-air conditions such as noisy, hot, cold, etc. • Must be able to stand and operate equipment for up to four continuous hours. • You must wear hearing, eye, head protection and proper PPE. • Some climbing (100 feet or higher) and lifting (50 lbs.) involved. • Working with hot and sometimes hazardous materials. • Work on inland and offshore barges or in industrial settings. • Enter round manholes with inside diameters of 18”, and other internally confined spaces. • Traverse gangways and scaffolding at varying heights. Necessary Equipment Operation: • Blow torches- Motorized cutting torches; Pattern cutting torches; Welding torches. • Gas welding, brazing, or cutting apparatus- Brazing equipment; Heliarc welding equipment; Oxyacetylene equipment; Portable gas operated arc welders. • Manlift or personnel lift- hydraulic truck lifts; Swing stages • Welding masks- Hand shields; Welding shields. Special Skills: • Ability to work under deadlines and schedule pressures. • Ability to read and interpret blueprints, sketches, drawings, and technical manuals. • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. • High performance and a strong team player. • Commitment to company values and safety program. Welder Position Basic Requirements: Qualifications of class – Class will be based upon judgment by quality control and/or production management in terms of the quality and productivity of the welds. Plate Welder 2nd Class (PLW2) - Welder capable of welding SMAW or FCAW on plate/structural with ABS Q2+4G or ASME or AWS plate test (2G+3G+4G). Plate Welder 1st Class (PLW1) - Welder capable of welding SMAW & FCAW on plate/structural with ABS Q2+4G or ASME or AWS plate test (2G+3G+4G). Pipe Welder 2nd Class (PPW2) – Welder capable of welding SMAW or FCAW on plate/structural &SMAW or FCAW on pipe with ABS Q3 or AWS 6g pipe test. Pipe Welder 1st Class (PPW1) – Welder capable of welding SMAW & FCAW and or GTAW on pipe. Must Pass ABS Q3 or ASME 6G or AWS 6G pipe test. Combination Welder 1st Class- Pipe/Plate/Structural (PPLW)– Welder capable of process / structural pipe and plate welding using GTAW+FCAW and or GTAW+SMAW. Combination Welder 2nd Class- Pipe/Plate/Structural (PPLW)– Welder capable of process / structural pipe and plate welding using GTAW+FCAW and or GTAW+SMAW. The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as a comprehensive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of assigned personnel.