Traveling Craftsman/Welder

Primary Function:

Traveling Craftsman/Welder will work on diverse projects at multiple locations throughout the United States and must be able to adapt to different working environments while ensuring timely and efficient completion of tasks.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

- Travel to designated job sites, which may vary in location and duration. Accommodations and travel expenses will be provided.

- Install, dismantle or move machines/processes, structural components, or mechanical mechanism at customer facilities, according to layout plans, blueprints or other drawings.

- Perform millwright work with some degree of proficiency.

- Capable of performing schedule pipe and sanitary tube welding.

- Proficient in welding the following: GMAW, GTAW, FCAW

- Basic understanding of weld quality control, welding code standards and specifications, non-destructive examination and radiography (x-ray testing of welds),

- Lay-out and fabricate stairs and handrails.

- Fabricate, repair, and maintain sheet metal items.

- Communicate job progress, issues, and solutions effectively with team members and supervisors.

- Maintain professional relationships with customers and site personnel, providing high-quality work and excellent customer service to foster positive working relationships and repeat business.

- Must have a STAR Card (Real ID) Driver’s License or current Passport.

- Other duties may be assigned.

Promote and actively embrace the concept of professionalism, with an emphasis on quality, commitment, integrity, ingenuity, teamwork, the community, and the environment. Safety is a deeply rooted cultural value and it must be promoted and enforced at all times.

Minimum Qualifications/Experience:

Craft I

High School Diploma or general education degree (GED) and one (1) to three (3) years related experience and/or equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Craft II

Associates degree (A.A.) or equivalent from two-year college or technical school and three (3) to six (6) years related experience and/or equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Craft III

Associates degree (A.A.) or equivalent from two-year college or technical school and five (5) to ten (10) years related experience and/or equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Experience reading blueprints.

Frequent travel and over time are required, with potential overnight stays or extended assignments at remote locations.

Certificates, Licenses, and Registrations:

Must be able to pass weld tests in accordance with AWS and ASME codes.

Additional skills:

Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work in a very dynamic environment – must have flexibility with an ability to focus.

Other Qualifications:

The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of the conditions that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Regular, predictable, and on-site attendance is an essential function of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job. Premier Technology is a federal contractor, as such, this position will work on government contracts and requires that you are a US Citizen (not just authorized to work in the US).

Physical Demands:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to fly in an airplane or drive long distances. Employee is frequently required to talk, hear, and walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and climb or balance. The job may require climbing of ladders and/or stairs. The employee will often lift heavy pieces of metal, work with arms overhead, torso twist, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk and hear. The employee is frequently required to stand, often for extended periods; the employee must frequently lift and /or move up to 25 pounds, regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move weight above 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include strong visual acuity (with or without correction), color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception. Long hours (10 or more) are often scheduled, and job may require overtime and travel.

Work Environment:

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts, loud noises, tripping hazards, exposure to sparks, welding arc, and open flame. The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places, fumes or airborne particles, mild industrial chemicals, inclement weather, risk of electrical shock and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

Benefits:

$60 Travel per diem and accommodations provided when working at remote locations.

All travel and accommodation expenses provided.

Premier Technology, Inc. is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $20.00 - $40.00 per hour

Benefits:

- 401(k)

- 401(k) matching

- Dental insurance

- Employee assistance program

- Flexible spending account

- Health insurance

- Life insurance

- Paid time off

- Professional development assistance

- Referral program

- Retirement plan

- Tuition reimbursement

- Vision insurance

Application Question(s):

- What are your salary expectations?

- Premier Technology is a federal contractor work on projects for the government that require US Citizenship, not just authorization to work in the United States. Do you meet this criteria?

- This position requires you to work at our facility when not traveling. Do you currently live within commuting distance of our facility or are you willing to relocate?

Willingness to travel:

- 50% (Preferred)

Work Location: On the road