Welder

Come join our collaborative and innovative team at DIS-TRAN Packaged Substations!

DIS-TRAN Packaged Substations has been an industry leader in the design and supply of high-voltage, open-air substations, and switchyards since 1965. Over a half-century of building meaningful relationships with our customers and vendors boils down to one thing: people. We take pride in our collaborative approach where everything we do is designed to deliver the project the right way, your way. Though we have grown over the years, and now offer new innovations like our Factory-Built

Substations, our age-old commitment will never change: to take care of you like family.

DIS-TRAN Packaged Substations is looking to hire a Welder to work from our Port of Alexandria Facility in our Welding Department. The FBS Welder produces high quality 5F Fillet Welds with Aluminum Bus Pipe, is capable of reading and understanding welding symbols, and prepares all joints as required by established process procedures.The FBS Welder performs cutting, fitting, and welding of aluminum bus pipe and cable jumpers. The Welder performs duties with speed and accuracy in order to produce a quality product and keep a steady flow of productivity. The Welder manages work load Production speed while looking for improvement in processes.

COMPETENCIES:

• Customer Focus

• Decision Quality

• Business Insight

• Drives Results

• Collaborates

• Communicates Effectively

• Courage

• Instills Trust

• Manages Ambiguity

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Operates safety equipment and uses safe work habits.

• Positions, aligns, and welds parts to form complete structures, following blueprints and layout specifications, using machinery, welding torches, and hand tools.

• Recognizes, sets up, and operates hand and power tools common to the welding trade.

• Examines aluminum or work pieces to be processed to ensure that specifications are met.

• Moves parts safely into position; manually or with hoists or cranes.

• Welds components in flat positions.

• Operates manual welding equipment to fuse aluminum parts.

• Cleans welds with grinders and other equipment common to the welding trade.

• Capable of reading and understanding welding symbols.

• Capable of training Welder Apprentice in any aspect of processes.

• Promotes company goals.

• Displays an excellent Safety record.

• Operates manual welding equipment to fuse metal parts using the gas metal arc process.

• Gives attention to details and weld cosmetic fine beads.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• High School diploma or equivalent required.

• Read and understand measuring devices such as tape measurer, rules, and combination squares required.

• Perform simple shop math (add/subtract fractions, decimals, and whole numbers) required.

• Experience applying simple hand tools such as wrenches, hammer, screw driver etc. required.

• Ability to successfully complete a 2F Weld on Aluminum Bus Pipe (minimum required).

• Ability to successfully complete a 5F Weld on Aluminum Bus Pipe (expected).

• Ability to successfully complete a 6G Weld on Aluminum Bus Pipe (preferred).

• Layout and fit structural steel required.

Referral Level: Trades and Skilled

Not eligible for Enhanced Referral

Not eligible for External Referral

DIS-TRAN Packaged Substations is proud to be ISO-9001:2015 and ISN Certified.

DIS-TRAN Packaged Substations is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information.

DIS-TRAN Packaged Substations is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request information regarding reasonable accommodation, contact your Human Resource Business Partner.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR (c)

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