Welding Technician

Job description

Wolverine Corporation is looking for a skilled robotic weld technician to join our 3rd shift manufacturing production team. We have exceptional benefits including a bonus program. If you are looking for a career and not “just a job,” we offer plenty of opportunities for cross-training, learning new skills, and advancement.

Responsible for programming, operation, troubleshooting, maintenance and continuous improvement of robotic welding cells. Provide day-to-day support on the manufacturing floor with troubleshooting and maintaining equipment and assisting with production functions.

See Careers page at https://www.wolverinecorp.com/ for the full application.

Our Robotic Weld Techs enjoy the following benefits:

- $2.00/HR Weekly Bonus Program

- $2.00HR Shift Differential

- Job Advancement

- Paid Holidays (after 90 Day Introductory Period)

- Vacation available after 6 months employment, vacation at 1 year

- 401(k) w/Roth Option - Company Match 4%

- BCBS Medical Insurance

- Dental Reimbursement Program

- Short- and Long-Term Disability Insurance (Company paid)

- Life Insurance (Company paid)

- Employee Discount

- Earned Sick Time - 72 hrs/year

- Robotic Weld Training Courses (for qualified candidates – Company paid)

Job duties:

- The welding technician is responsible for troubleshooting issues with robotic welding cells and processes, fix the issues, and suggest, develop, or implement permanent corrective actions to prevent future issues.

- Perform preventative maintenance and troubleshooting on all manufacturing equipment.

- Complete repairs, modifications and installations as required.

- Service, maintain, repair, install and test new or existing equipment and verify conformance to specifications.

- Provide plant support in troubleshooting of process problems including root cause.

- Completes quality improvement initiatives as required to maintain standards of quality.

- Monitor weld quality and implement corrective actions when needed.

- Optimize welding processes to enhance efficiency and productivity.

- Read and interpret CAD data, blueprints, GD T, CMM reports, customer weld specifications.

- Robot and PLC programming to support troubleshooting and equipment improvements or upgrades.

- Provide on-call support for all manufacturing processes in order to meet customer demands, when necessary.

- Responsible for continuous improvement activities/projects to increase throughput and reduce cost.

- Participate in root cause analysis and problem solving related to quality or throughput issues and implement solutions to meet or exceed objectives.

- Foster good working relationships and demonstrate effective communication skills with vendors, team members, suppliers and project teams.

- Ensure compliance of practices, procedures, and instructions relative to applicable corporate standards (ISO, TS, etc).

- Ability to understand, record, and communicate system problems and solutions.

- Responsible for safety in process design and in execution of daily activities.

- Capable of independent decision making.

- Ensure timely execution of planned activities.

- Proven ability to report work status concisely to leadership.

What you'll need:

- At least 3-year of hands-on experience with programming, operation, and troubleshooting of robotics (Fanuc preferred).

- At least five years experience in a welding manufacturing environment, automotive experience preferred.

- At least continuing education coursework in quality and/or quality systems, and/or supervision.

- Familiar with weld verification methods, weld testing methodology, and measuring devices. GMAW and RSW experience required.

- This person should feel comfortable with all aspects of setup, operation, troubleshooting, and maintenance of automated robotic welding, fastening, and assembly systems.

- Fanuc certified training preferred.

- Certified hand welding preferred.

Experience:

- PLC programing: 3 years (Required)

- Robot preventative maintenance: 3 years (Required)

- Blueprint reading, GD&T and CAD: 3 years (Required)

- Robotics: 3 years (Required)

- Fanuc Robot: 3 years (Required)