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Wise Staffing

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Wise Staffing, Cullman, Alabama, us, 35056

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Industrial fitters needed!

Cullman AL

$18+

General Accountability

Responsible for safely operating steel fabricating machinery and hand held tools in accordance with the site's business goals and objectives.

Primary Responsibilities

• Verify conformance of materials to specifications, using squares, rulers, and measuring tapes.

• Align and fit materials according to specifications, using overhead cranes, pry bars, and hammers.

• Move parts into position, manually or with overhead cranes.

• Position, align, fit, and weld materials to form complete units or subunits, following blueprints and layout specifications, and using jigs, welding torches, and hand tools.

• Study engineering drawings and blueprints to determine material requirements and task sequences.

• Set up and operate fabricating machines, such as brakes, rolls, shears, flame cutters, or grinders to bend, cut, or otherwise form and assemble metal components.

• Lay out and examine materials to be processed to ensure that specifications are met.

• Tack-weld fitted parts together.

• Lift or move materials and finished products, using large overhead cranes.

• Remove high spots and cut bevels, using hand files, portable grinders, and cutting torches.

• Position or tighten braces, jacks, clamps, ropes, bolt straps, or bolt parts in position for welding or riveting.

• Locate and mark material bending and cutting lines, allowing for stock thickness, machine and welding shrinkage, and other component specifications.

• Erect ladders and scaffolding to fit together large assemblies.

• Design and construct templates and fixtures, using hand tools.

• Hammer, chip, and grind workpieces to cut, bend, and straighten metal.

• Straighten warped or bent parts using hand torches or straightening presses.

• Smooth material edges and fix taps, tubes, and valves.

• Preheat material to make them malleable, using hand torches or furnaces.

• Heat-treat parts, using acetylene torches.

• Install containers and other structures.

• Direct activities of assigned fitter helper

Detailed Work Activities

• Align materials to ensure proper assembly.

• Smooth metal surfaces or edges.

• Cut industrial materials in preparation for fabrication or processing.

• Review blueprints or other instructions to determine operational methods or sequences.

• Adjust equipment controls to regulate gas flow.

• Clean material or finished products.

• Mark material with identifying information.

• Operate welding equipment.

• Operate grinding equipment.

• Operate metal forming equipment.

• Notify others of equipment repair or maintenance needs.

• Heat material to prepare for or complete production.

• Lay out materials to prepare for assembly.

• Fill cracks, imperfections, or holes in materials.

• Assemble temporary structures.

• Assemble metal structures.

• Reshape materials to established specifications.

• General housekeeping of work area(s).

• Operate overhead cranes to move material, equipment, and parts.

• Use fire suppression methods in industrial emergencies.

• Requires working in varying climate changes (hot/cold).

Education and Training

• Requires training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.

• Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is preferred for these occupations.

• One or two years of training involving both on-the-job experience and informal training with experienced workers.

• Proficient communication and or organizational skills to coordinate, supervise, manage, or train others to accomplish goals.

Core Competencies

• Must be highly motivated and able to work independently or within a team.

• Must be able to lift and move objects up to 50 pounds consistently with heavier weight necessary at times.

• Must be able to spend most of the workday standing and walking.

• Flexible to change and open to constructive feedback.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

• Strong organizational and interpersonal skills.