Summary (Position Description): Skilled? Pipe Welder? For fabrication Value Add ACP units at our facilities, while meeting all the ASME code requirements. Welders must be competent in using potentially dangerous equipment following all safety precautions. The ideal candidate will also have a steady hand and great attention to detail. Must have expensive TIG welding experience.

Must have expensive TIG welding experience and be able to pass a 6G welding test to be considered

Reports To: Weld Supervisor

Status: Full time, Nonexempt

Duties and Task:

• Basic knowledge of welding processes, such as gas metal arc and plasma arc. Basic knowledge of design techniques, tools and principals involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
• Weld components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions. Operate manual or semi-automatic welding equipment to fuse metal segments.
• Monitor the fitting, burning, and welding processes to avoid overheating of parts or warping, shrinking, distortion or expansion of material.
• 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 such as GTAW (Gas Tungsten Arc Welding) and gas metal arc welding equipment.
• Determine required equipment and welding methods, applying knowledge of metallurgy, geometry, and welding techniques.
• Repair products by dismantling, straightening, reshaping, and reassembling parts, using cutting torches and hand tools.
• Ability to read blueprints and/or drawings in addition to reading measurements in order to plan the layout and procedures.
• Operate angle grinders to prepare the parts that must be welded

Competencies (Knowledge, Skills & Abilities):

• Experience using a variety of welding equipment and procedures (TIG)
• Experience in using electrical or manual tools (squares and calipers etc.)
• Ability to read and interpret technical documents and drawings.
• Knowledge of relative safety standards and willingness to use protective clothing (face-shield, FR clothing and gloves etc.)
• Deftness and attention to detail.
• General construction.
• Mechanical amplitude.
• The candidate will need to have measuring, cutting, grinding, and tool experience. Some overhead cranes are a plus.

Requirements:

• TIG Welding experience
• MIG Welding experience
• Pulse Arc Welder experience

Work Environment:

• This job is performed in the production floor/welding booth. This job requires constant use of Weld Hood and all PPE. This facility does have climate control but being a weld shop it does get hot while performing job.

Physical Demands:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; bend; stoop; use hands; and reach with hands and arms. May be required to lift up to 50 pounds on occasion.

Employee Benefits:

• Medical Insurance (heavily subsidized by the Company)
• Dental Insurance
• Company paid Vision Insurance, $50,000 life insurance and Short and Long-Term Disability
• Paid Time Off
• Education Reimbursement (must be approved by manager)
• 401(k) Plan where it matches dollar-for-dollar up to 4% of compensation; 100% vested immediately.
• Company Long Term Incentive Plan based on the profitability of the Company; 100% vested after 6 years on a graded scale).

Who We Are:

Bitzer Us Inc. is a leading manufacturer of key components used in commercial and industrial refrigeration and air conditioning systems. These key components include compressors, pressure vessels such as condensers and evaporators, compressor packages, and condensing units. Other products include waste heat-to-power equipment that converts excess heat to low-cost electricity.

You partner with others to get work done while gaining insight into customers' needs and deliver solutions that exceed customer expectations. You create Raving Fans. You set objectives aligning with organization and prioritize accordingly.

Conveniently located in Flowery Branch, Georgia 5 minutes off I-985 The Company is wholly owned by Bitzer SE (located in Germany), the Company is a private company and serves as Bitzer SE’s flagship North American subsidiary. On a global basis, Bitzer SE has 3,900 employees at 72 sites in 38 countries, including 20 production facilities.

Other Information

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice. Employees are required to follow any job-related instructions and to perform job-related duties requested by management. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily with or without reasonable accommodations. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required.

This Job Description does not imply an employment contract. BITZER US is an at-will employer.

BITZER US is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and as such we recruit, hire, train, and promote persons in all job classifications without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetics, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristics protected by law.

Job Type: Full-time

Work Location: In person