Certified Welder/Rigger

About the position

The Certified Welder/Rigger position at Southwestern Industrial Contractors and Riggers Inc. involves performing welding tasks and rigging operations. The role requires a certified welder to work with various materials and ensure safety and quality in welding processes. The position is based in El Paso, TX, and is not a work-from-home opportunity.

Responsibilities

• Weld components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions.
• Operate safety equipment and use safe work habits.
• Examine workpieces for defects and measure workpieces with straightedges or templates to ensure conformance with specifications.
• Recognize, set up, and operate hand and power tools common to the welding trade, such as shielded metal arc and gas metal arc welding equipment.
• Weld separately or in combination, using aluminum, stainless steel, cast iron, and other alloys.
• Select and install torches, torch tips, filler rods, and flux, according to welding chart specifications or types and thicknesses of metals.
• Ignite torches or start power supplies and strike arcs by touching electrodes to metals being welded, completing electrical circuits.
• Connect and turn regulator valves to activate and adjust gas flow and pressure so that desired flames are obtained.
• Determine required equipment and welding methods, applying knowledge of metallurgy, geometry, and welding techniques.
• Have experience in rigging.

Requirements

• 2 years of experience preferred, but not required.
• Certification in welding is required.
• Must have obtained G-Force Welding Certification.
• Ability to speak English or Spanish.