Welder Helper

About This Role

This full-time Welder Helper position involves assisting with tank construction by using various tools and equipment, performing basic maintenance, and maintaining a clean and safe work area. The role is part of a team-oriented company specializing in above-ground metal storage tanks.

Responsibilities

• Use tape measure, square, straight edge, level, rasp, chalk line, sledgehammer, burning torch, welding equipment, chipping hammer, fitting gear, come-a-longs, jacks, chain falls, material handling equipment, inspection equipment, hoists, hammers, pry bar, fit-up bar, wrenches, key plates, bull pins, wire rope slings, shackles, hand wire brush and cribbing blocks
• Use powered hand tools, including grinders, chipping and peening guns, wire brushes, saws, and impact wrenches
• Set up and use oxy-fuel or plasma burning equipment to cut or trim plate and structural steel
• Use oxygen/acetylene torch for cutting metals or to gouge
• Operate electric and pneumatic power tools such as grinders, wire brushes, and chipping guns
• Perform basic and preventative maintenance functions on power equipment
• Use grinder and other hand or power tools required to grind, bevel, or fit metals together, and remove slag
• Use hand tools such as shovels, brooms, scrapers, hand brushes, files, etc.
• Maintain work area and equipment in a clean orderly condition and follow prescribed safety procedures
• Unload fabricated steel products and tools from trucks

About the Company

Phillips Tank & Structure (PTS) is a growing, nationwide tank construction company with headquarters in Braddock, Pennsylvania, just outside of the City of Pittsburgh. It has over 190 employees and branch offices in Texas, California, Kentucky, and Hawaii. PTS specializes in designing, engineering, repairing, and constructing above-ground metal storage tanks and related structures, including welded tanks, bolted tanks, and geodesic domes, with active projects in various industries such as petroleum, power, chemical, and renewable fuels.