Handrail Specialist

Job Overview
The Handrail Specialist is responsible for welding components in accordance with the shop drawings, fitters, or supervisor's instructions

All Employees of Advance Welding, Inc. are expected to uphold Advance Welding, Inc. Core Values:

• Show up consistently, on time, ready to work, and excited to be here
• Teamwork: Work together with your fellow employees to create an environment of mutual respect and support
• Lead by example by displaying a professional, positive demeanor every day
• Take initiative
• Exercise patience and helpfulness to both employees and clients at all times
• Do the right thing, even when no one is looking

Advance Welding, Inc. will reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with a disability so that they can perform the essential functions of a job unless doing so causes a direct threat to these individuals or others in the workplace and the threat cannot be eliminated by reasonable accommodation or if the accommodation creates an undue hardship to Advance Welding, Inc.

Duties

• Read shop drawings to determine specifications and weld requirements
• Verify conformance of work pieces to specifications using squares, rulers, and measuring tapes
• Able to fabricate sloped rail or guardrail while maintaining proper dimensions
• Position, align, fit, and weld parts to form complete units or sub-units, following blueprints and layout specifications, using fixtures, and hand tools
• Locate and mark work piece bending and cutting lines, allowing for stock thickness, machine welding shrinkage, and other component specifications
• Ability to calculate using charts for bending pipe to specifications accounting for center of bend measurements and overall growth of material
• Weld components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions
• Examine workpieces for defects and measure workpieces with straightedge or templates to ensure conformance with specifications
• Monitor the burning and welding processes to avoid overheating of parts or warping, shrinking, distortion, or expansion of material
• Mark or tag material with proper job number, piece marks, and other identifying marks as required
• Operate safety equipment and use safe work habits including proper use of PPE

Skills

• Able to do math with fractions
• Able to read a tape measure
• Solid understanding of angles and geometry
• Dependable and Reliable
• High attention to detail and thoroughness

Qualifications

• Expert in MIG welding
• 5 years of experience with fabrication of handrail or stair rail
• Experience with pipe bending (Experience with an Ercolina Bender is a plus)
• Pass a fitting and welding test
• Washington Association of Building Officials (WABO) Certification
• Welding certification or ability to pass certification test
• High School Diploma or GED
• Valid driver's license

Physical Requirements

• Able to sit, stand, walk, bend, twist, kneel, climb, and reach 8 hours per day (must be comfortable working in confined spaces)
• Able to lift up-to 50 lbs.
• Frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles
• Able to use personal protective equipment
• Able to work in outdoor weather conditions; extreme cold; extreme heat
• Able to safely work near moving mechanical parts

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $ $33.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Work Location: In person