Spot Welder

Salary: $18.00-$25.00 hourly

Lake Air Products is a fast-growing company that is proud to live by our Core Values, Customer Focus, Passion for Performance, and Right People-Best Teams.
We are currently hiring a 2nd shift Spot Welder for our Vadnais Heights location. If you are experienced in sheet metal fabrication, this could be an excellent opportunity for you.

Lake Air Products Offers

• Competitive wages
• Full benefit package (medical, dental, STD, LTD, and 401K with employer match)
• Paid time off/ holiday pay
• Gym reimbursement
• Tuition reimbursement
• Safety glasses/steel toe shoe reimbursement

Responsibilities

• Use Spot Welding equipment; apply two shaped copper alloy electrodes to concentrate welding current into a small "spot" and to simultaneously clamp the sheets together. Force a large current through the spot to melt the metal and form the weld.
• Install proper electrodes on the spot-welding machine.
• Adjusts control for proper heat, pressure settings, and timing of current.
• Use the proper amount of heat to match the sheet's material properties, thickness, and type of electrodes.
• Work from routings, prints, or instructions.
• Inspect work using a micrometer, caliper, and precision measuring instruments.
• Examines welded components for any defects.
• Deliver the first piece to inspection for verification of dimensions and weld accuracy.
• Responsible for producing the highest level of quality, utilizing control plans, customer drawings, and appropriate work instructions.
• Supervising and identifying any fault in operating the equipment or in relation to any material or equipment, then notifying the supervisors

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• 2+ years' experience in Spot Welding preferred
• Excellent people skills, with an ability to partner with the leadership team
• Personal qualities of integrity, credibility, and a commitment to the mission
• Flexible and able to multi-task; can work with an ambiguous, fast-moving environment, while also driving toward clarity and solutions; demonstrated resourcefulness in setting priorities and guiding investment in people and systems
• Bend and lift, loading and unloading work pieces into the machine, and move from one workstation to another, alternately sitting and standing

Please note that if this position is located in our Roseville, MN facility, it may be subject to export control regulation. Unless an exemption applies, candidate(s) must be a U.S. Person* within the meaning of the law OR obtain an export control license. Candidates who do not meet the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) requirements or choose not to pursue such positions are not disqualified from applying for other opportunities with Lake Air Products. Nothing in this posting should be interpreted as limiting applications based on nationality or citizenship status.

*A U.S. Person under export control laws includes a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, U.S. permanent resident, or protected individual who has been lawfully admitted for temporary residence in the U.S. as a refugee or asylee under U.S. law.

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