Welder/Fabricator

If you are looking for a challenging rewarding career, then consider joining Fraser Shipyards With a passion for the maritime industry, Fraser Shipyards has decades of experience in building and servicing crafts of all shapes and sizes. Customers count on the quality and responsiveness of Fraser's people, products, and services for everything from in situ emergency repairs to brand-new craft to large industrial fabrications. Known for a commitment to quality, a reputation for reliability and outstanding values, Fraser Shipyards is further committed to provide a safe work environment.

Job Summary

The welder is a skilled manufacturing position that is responsible for supporting the building and repair process of steel vessels for a variety of customers. The welder must follow the building instructions that comply with the regulatory specs to successfully support the build and repair of the vessel.

Responsibilities

This position demands flexibility, resilience, and a strong work ethic as you will be required to work in challenging conditions and non-standard hours.

• 24/7 Availability: Be prepared to work on a rotating shift schedule, including nights, weekends, and holidays to ensure that vessels are repaired promptly and are ready to sail.
• High Altitude Work: Perform welding tasks at significant heights, maintaining safety and precision under potentially hazardous conditions.
• Challenging Welding Positions: Execute welding in awkward and confined spaces, ensuring the highest quality of workmanship despite physical constraints.
• Mechanical Repairs: Undertake various mechanical tasks as needed to support the overall repair and maintenance of the vessels.
• Comprehensive Ship Repairs: Engage in any required tasks to restore and maintain ships, ensuring they meet all safety and operational standards.
• Analyze engineering drawings, blueprints, specifications, sketches, work orders, and material safety data sheets to plan layout, assembly, and welding operations.
• Clamp, hold, tack-weld, grind component parts to obtain required configurations and positions for welding.
• Using MIG or TIG weld components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions
• Produce consistent quality welds on steel using GMAW and GTAW processes with primary focus on GMAW.
• Operate safety equipment and use safe work habits.
• Operates a wide variety of handheld and power-assisted tools and production fixtures
• Ensures quality and accuracy of their work
• Reports issues to supervisor or to team lead
• Positions and secures parts, using hoist, crane, wire and banding machine, or hand tools.
• Selects, positions, and secures torch, cutting tips, or welding rod, according to type, thickness, area, and desired temperature of metal.
• Guides and directs flame or electrodes on or across work piece to straighten, bend, melt, or build up metal.
• Performs other duties as assigned that support the overall objective of the position

Required Skills & Abilities

• Skills in welding & fabrication, experience in fitting preferred
• Knowledge and expertise in steel welding
• Knowledge in standard build practices in comparable manufacturing environments
• Follows directions and procedures under limited supervision
• Conducts basic problem-solving skills under supervision
• Effectively communicate to supervisor and manager
• Adheres to all procedures and safe work practices
• Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Mathematics - Using mathematics to solve problems.
• Equipment Selection - Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.
• Time Management - Managing one's own time and the time of others.
• Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.

Qualifications

• Applicants with prior experience preferred
• Weld Certificate or education from a technical school preferred.
• Candidates must be able to pass a qualification test prior to being considered for hire.

Physical requirements

Position requires grasping, writing, standing, sitting, walking, kneeling, crawling, repetitive motions, bending, climbing, listening and hearing ability and visual acuity. Must be able to work in tight spaces. Use of manufacturing equipment. Work in areas at times that are not environmentally controlled. Able to move/lift/pull/push 50 lbs. Ability to visit vessels in a variety of ports, which requires some travel, by i.e. air, bus, car, etc.

Applicants will have to pass an USCG/ABS weld assessment prior to moving to the second stage of the hiring process.

Applicants are required to pass a pre-employment drug screen prior to employment start.

Fraser Shipyards is an equal opportunity employer including disability and vets.

Fraser Shipyards offers competitive pay with excellent benefits:

• Medical, Dental, & Life Insurance
• 401(k) Contributions
• Paid Time Off

Final applicants must complete a pre-employment drug and alcohol screen prior to employment start. All offers of employment at Fraser Industries are contingent upon negative results of a pre-employment drug and alcohol screen.