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Job Description

Job Description

Benefits :

401(k)

401(k) matching

Bonus based on performance

Health insurance

Opportunity for advancement

Paid time off

Training & development

Vision insurance

MODULE X SOLUTIONS is a rapidly growing modular manufacturing business that serves marquee corporate and government customers in renewable energy, network infrastructure, battery storage, telecommunications, petrochemical, utility, transportation, and other verticals. We design, engineer, and manufacture products to our customers specifications. We are a proud Shreveport-based company working to support our employees and our community. Check us out at www.ModuleXSolutions.com and we hope you will consider applying to build your career and future at MXS!

JOB SUMMARY :

Uses hand-welding or flame-cutting equipment to weld or join metal components, fill holes, indentations, or seams of fabricated metal products

ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES :

• Analyze engineering draws, blueprints, specifications, sketches, work orders, and material safety data sheets to plan layout, assembly, and welding operations.
• Develop templates & models for welding projects, using mathematical calculations based on blueprint information.
• Position, align, secure parts & assemblies prior to assembly by using straight edges, combination squares, calipers, and rulers.
• Prepare al material surfaces to be welded, ensuring there is no loose or thick scale, slag, rust, moisture, grease, or other foreign matter.
• Ignite torches or start power supplies and strike arcs by touching electrodes to metals being welded, completing electrical circuits. 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.
• Weld components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions. Join pats such as beams &steel reinforcing rods in buildings, bolting and riveting as necessary
• Chip or grind off excess weld, slag, or spatter using hand scrapers or power chippers, portable grinders, or arc-cutting equipment. Clean or degrease parts, using wire brushes and portable grinders or chemical baths.

QUALIFICATIONS :

Work Experience : 2+ years welding / fitting experience

Education : Highschool diploma / GED or equivalent

Related Experience :

Proficient with hand and power tools

Ability to read a tape measure

Attention to detail

General mathematical skills

General knowledge construction techniques and standards

Ability to multi-task and prioritize tasks; keep up in a fast-paced environment

Ability to communicate technical information to team members and / or customers

Proficient understanding of engineering drawings and blueprints

Strong analytical and creative problem-solving skills

Welding experience with modular buildings and solar power conversion skids

WORK ENVIRONMENT :

While performing the duties of this job, the employee sometimes works near moving mechanical parts and is occasionally exposed to excessive noise, extreme heat, extreme cold, and heights. When participating in activities on the shop floor, the noise level in the work environment is typical for a fabrication shop and ear plugs may be used as necessary.