B Class Structural Welder - SDCA

**REPORTS TO:** Fabrication Supervisor **SUPERVISES:** None **AUTHORITIES / RESPONSIBILITIES:** - Understand directions and follow instructions. - Accountable for completion of daily work assignments including the completion and signatures for work completion and quality. - Maintains cleanliness and organization on assigned job sites. - Performs grinding and joint preparation that meet the criteria for NDE and all visual inspection processes. - Monitors working environment for compliance with quality, safety, environmental and health regulations. - Willing to work with and train lower-skilled workers. - May be assigned to work any shift. - May be assigned tasks including outside the craft as required. - Must comply with the Company’s “Equal Opportunity and Anti-Harassment Policy” which expects that all relationships among persons in the workplace will be professional and free of bias, prejudice, and harassment. **QUALIFICATIONS / KNOWLEDGE / EXPERIENCE:** - Minimum 6 months experience as a Trades Assistant at Austal or 1 year related experience in similar industry required or graduate of a relevant / associated training course - Completion of an Austal USA approved additional or accelerated Structural Welding training course may also count towards additional required experience - Must pass the GMAW Aluminum ‘B’ Class and/or an FCAW Steel ‘B’ Weld Certification and approved B Class pre-employment mock weld test - Performs the approved WPQT’s under limited supervision. - Must be able to perform grinding along with arc gouging and back gouging of steel welds through mechanical, flame, and ARC gouging process, joint preparation for NDE and all other visual inspection processes. - Must be able to demonstrate the safe and effective use of craft related tools and equipment, including but not limited to: milling discs, cutting torches, arc gougers, plate magnets, general fitting aids, sanders, grinders, burr motors, band saws, skill saws, saws all, come along and chain falls etc. - The ability to understand directions and follow instructions. - Must demonstrate an acceptable proficiency and competency to Austal Supervision for a B Class Welder position. - Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. - Ability to write simple correspondence. - Ability to add, subtract, multiply, divide, and measure using the metric system. - Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. - Ability to deal with problems that may arise in certain situations. - Two years of maritime experience - Ability to work any shift or overtime as required by management, schedule must be flexible. **TOOLS:** As directed by supervisor **DIRECTION EXERCISED:** None **DISCRETION EXERCISED:** None **LIAISES WITH:** Production Department Supervisors, Foreman and Managers, Health, Safety and Environmental **ADDITIONAL GUIDELINES:** - Candidates must meet the following employment eligibility guidelines to be considered for employment with Austal USA: - 18 years of age or older at time of application - Able to provide proof of US Person Status - No felony convictions of Theft/Deception or Violent crimes within seven years from disposition date - No felony convictions of Drug crimes within three years from disposition date - Willing to submit to a drug screen - Willing to submit to a background check The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Must be able to tour all vessels and work sites. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, use hands to manipulate, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms, climb and balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit. Specific physical requirements include the following: - Must have the ability to bend, squat, sto…