Senior Metal Fabricator

2 weeks ago


Port Arthur, Texas, United States Gulf Copper Full time
Senior Metal Fabricator

Key Responsibilities:
This role encompasses a variety of tasks and responsibilities, which may include:

  • Developing and planning layouts from technical drawings and templates, utilizing knowledge of geometry, design principles, thermal effects, and metal properties.
  • Determining the locations and sequences for cutting, drilling, bending, rolling, punching, and welding tasks, employing tools such as compasses, protractors, dividers, and rulers.
  • Creating and fabricating templates and fixtures using hand tools.
  • Enhancing blueprints or drawings prepared by others with additional dimensional details.
  • Guiding welders in reinforcing low spots or short sections through welding.
  • Analyzing engineering drawings and blueprints to ascertain material needs and task order.
  • Inspecting and arranging metal stock or workpieces to ensure compliance with specifications.
  • Identifying and marking bending and cutting lines on workpieces, accounting for material thickness, machine shrinkage, and other specifications.
  • Transferring reference points from floors or face blocks to workpieces using measuring instruments, squares, chalk, and soapstone.
  • Aligning and fitting components according to specifications with the aid of jacks, turnbuckles, wedges, drift pins, pry bars, and hammers.
  • Confirming that workpieces meet specifications through the use of squares, rulers, and measuring tapes.

Required Qualifications:

  • High School Diploma or a one-year certificate from a college or technical institution is preferred.

Experience in Industrial and/or Marine Fabrication:

  • 1st Class: 3-5 years of relevant experience.
  • 2nd Class: 1-3 years of relevant experience.
  • NCCER certification is preferred.

Work Environment:

  • Exposure to open-air conditions, including noise, heat, and cold.
  • Mandatory use of hearing, eye, and head protection along with appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE).
  • Involves climbing (up to 100 feet) and lifting weights (up to 50 lbs.).
  • Requires traversing gangways and scaffolding at various heights while utilizing fall prevention gear.
  • Handling hot and potentially hazardous materials.
  • Work may take place aboard ships, both onshore and offshore, as well as in confined spaces.
  • Ability to stand and operate equipment for extended periods, up to four continuous hours.
  • Job may require prolonged periods of sitting in awkward positions, standing on diverse surfaces, bending, crouching, and climbing over obstacles such as scaffolding and internal structural components of barges and boats.

Equipment Operation:

  • Hand and welding torches.
  • Inspection tools such as dial indicators, sine bars, and surface gauges.
  • Power saws including cutoff saws and radial arm saws.
  • Tools for punching or setting nails, including center punches and drift pins.
  • Shearing tools such as Beverly shears and hand shears.

Essential Skills:

  • Capability to perform under deadlines and manage schedule pressures.
  • Proficiency in reading and interpreting blueprints, sketches, drawings, and technical manuals.
  • Basic mathematical skills.
  • Strong interpersonal and communication abilities.
  • High performance as a collaborative team member.
  • Commitment to organizational values and safety protocols.

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