Welder
Weatherly Casting and Machine Co.
Weatherly
08.2023 - Current
- Maintained welding equipment to ensure optimal performance and safety.
- Collaborated with team members to ensure timely project completion.
- Trained new employees on safe welding practices and equipment usage.
- Inspected welds to ensure quality and compliance with industry standards.
- Interpreted technical drawings and blueprints for project specifications.
- Operated plasma cutting machines for precise metal shaping tasks.
- Assisted in troubleshooting and repairing welding equipment to minimize downtime.
- Set up welding machines based on the job at hand.
- Repaired broken or cracked parts using cutting torches and welding equipment.
- Read blueprints, drawings related to projects in order to determine proper dimensions of components being fabricated, welded together.
- Used welding skills to help repair and maintain heavy-duty machinery.
- Set up equipment and welded parts according to welding chart specifications and type.
- Followed safety guidelines through proper machine guarding and lockout and tagout procedures.
- Fabricated and welded components to assemble structural forms, such as machinery frames, tanks, pressure vessels, and furnace shells.
- Performed preventative maintenance on welding tools and equipment.
- Operated manual and semi-automatic welding equipment in vertical, horizontal and overhead positions.
- Laid out, positioned, aligned and secured parts and assemblies with straightedges, squares and calipers.
- Applied shielded metal arc welding techniques with electrodes in flat, horizontal vertical positions as well as overhead applications.