Welder/Mechanical Assembler 1

About the position

FuelCell Energy is seeking a hands-on and talented Welder/Mechanical Assembler 1 to join their dynamic team in Torrington, CT. The role involves performing welding tasks, interpreting designs, monitoring machinery, and assessing welded components. The successful candidate will demonstrate a steady hand and outstanding attention to detail while working with various materials and welding techniques.

Responsibilities

• Perform hands-on manufacturing tasks while meeting quantity and quality standards and requirements.
• Weld components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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 to obtain desired flames.
• Determine required equipment and welding methods, applying knowledge of metallurgy, geometry, and welding techniques.
• Monitor the fitting, 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.
• Chip or grind off excess weld, slag, or spatter using hand scrapers or power chippers, portable grinders, or arc-cutting equipment.
• Prepare all material surfaces to be welded, ensuring that there is no loose or thick scale, slag, rust, moisture, grease, or other foreign matter.
• Align and clamp workpieces together using rules, squares, or hand tools, or position items in fixtures, jigs, or vises.
• Develop templates and models for welding projects using mathematical calculations based on blueprint information.
• Guide and direct flames or electrodes on or across workpieces to straighten, bend, melt, or build up metal.
• Position and secure workpieces using hoists, cranes, wire, and banding machines or hand tools.
• Detect faulty operation of equipment or defective materials and notify supervisors.
• Clean or degrease parts using wire brushes, portable grinders, or chemical baths.
• Grind, cut, buff, or bend edges of workpieces to be joined to ensure snug fit using power grinders and hand tools.
• Repair products by dismantling, straightening, reshaping, and reassembling parts using straightening presses and hand tools.
• Check grooves, angles, or gap allowances using micrometers, calipers, and precision measuring instruments.
• Operate metal shaping, straightening, and bending machines such as brakes and shears.
• Set up and use ladders and scaffolding as necessary to complete work.
• Hammer out bulges or bends in metal workpieces.
• Operate safety equipment and use safe work habits.
• Use fire suppression methods in industrial emergencies.
• Analyze engineering drawings, blueprints, specifications, sketches, work orders, and material safety data sheets to plan layout, assembly, and operations.

Requirements

• Minimum HS diploma / GED.
• Technical education preferred or 2 years of experience.
• Welding experience.
• Ability to use electronically controlled equipment and hand tools.
• Experience with tooling and assembly utilizing heavy equipment.
• Experience with quality measuring tools, i.e., Calipers, micrometers, etc.
• Experience in use of air pallets, forklifts, and overhead crane operations.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Company-paid life/disability insurance
• 401(k) plan
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Generous paid leave