About This Role
This apprentice welder position is for the Texas Test Site, where the successful candidate will apply specialized trade skills to meet welding requirements and operational needs. The role involves performing duties as an apprentice welder and supporting the weld team through plasma programming and operation, saw operation, and material movement.
Responsibilities
- Perform tasks such as plasma table programming, operating a band saw, chop saw, and manually drilling or milling materials
- Analyze engineering drawings to determine dimensions and tolerances of cut parts
- Obtain and maintain licenses, operator permits, or certifications as required
- Make a continuous effort to improve operations, decrease turnaround times, streamline work processes, and work cooperatively and jointly
- Work with leaders to complete the assignment/project, solve problems, meet deadlines, and review issues for consistent improvement
- Perform other related duties, as assigned, to ensure an efficient and effective work environment
Requirements
- Associate's degree or certification from a 2-year technical school
- 2+ years of experience (experience from a college welding program qualifies) in two of the following processes: Flux-Cored Arc Welding (FCAW), Shielded Metal Arc Welding/stick welding (SMAW), Gas Tungsten Arc Welding/TIG welding (GTAW), or Gas Metal Arc Welding/MIG welding (GMAW)
Nice to have:
- 1+ years of experience with plasma table programming/operating
- Ability to use measuring instruments of all types
- Experience working in cutting or machining operations
- Experience in a high-mix, low-volume (job shop) manufacturing environment
- Knowledge of standard tools, materials, motions, and practices of the welding trade
- Knowledge of occupational hazards and effective safety precautions of the trade
- Ability to rapidly change focus while working in a high-paced, challenging work environment
- Ability to stand, kneel, crouch, climb, twist the upper body, and work in confined spaces
- Ability to stand for extended periods (8 hours minimum)
- Ability to lift heavy objects up to 45 lbs. unassisted
- Ability to work at heights up to 300 feet with proper personal protective equipment (PPE)
- Ability to respond to emergencies to support priority projects, missions, and launches
- Available to work extended hours and weekends depending on site operational needs
- Ability to work in extreme outdoor environments
- Work performed in an environment exposed to fumes, odors, sparks, and noise
- Must be willing to travel nationally for up to four weeks
