Welding Technician

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Leggett & Platt’s overall mission is a commitment to enhance lives – by delivering quality products, offering empowering and rewarding careers, and doing our part in bringing about a better future.

Leggett & Platt’s inventive heritage and leadership in the residential products industry span more than 130 years. As The Components People, we are the leading supplier of a wide range of products and components for all areas of life, including mattress springs and carpet cushion, as well as bedding machinery and erosion-control products.

From aerospace tubing and fabricated assemblies to flooring underlayment and carpet cushion, Leggett & Platt has divisions that design, manufacture, and sell a variety of products. Our reliable product development and launch capability, coupled with our global footprint, make us a trusted partner for customers in the aerospace, hydraulic cylinders, flooring, textile, and geo components industries.

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POSITION SUMMARY: This position performs orbital welding of tubing and components with a particular expertise in orbital welding operations.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

•             Manufacture product that meets quality requirements.

•             Examine workpieces for defects and measure workpieces with straightedges or templates to ensure conformance with specifications. Inspect product and, if non-conforming, process via non-conforming material procedures.

•             Recognize, set up, and operate hand and power tools common to the welding trade, such as shielded metal arc and gas metal arc welding equipment.

•             Meet time and schedule standards for assigned work

•             Correctly process work via required paperwork and MRP system.

•             Prepares and processes parts in semi-automated orbital weld machinery.

•             Verifies correct assembly in manufacturing tooling before and after processing.

•             Loads and adjusts machinery programs as required.

•             Troubleshoots process variation.

•             Utilizes manufacturing routers through MRP system.

•             Follows manufacturing production schedules.

OTHER DUTIES:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

PRIMARY PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS:

Company Goals:

•             Safety – Conduct all operations in a safe manner.

•             Quality – Meet quality requirements of all assigned processes.

•             On-Time Delivery – Meet customer delivery requirements.

•             Profit – Meet the time & quality standards for all assigned work. Maintain accurate inventory

•             Bookings & Shipments as communicated – Meet the required delivery dates for all assigned jobs.

Key Initiatives:

•             Continuous Improvement– Identify job specific and general area improvements to supervision.  Consistently improve the organization and cleanliness of assigned areas (6S).

•             MRP – Constant adherence to MRP system.  Identify potential or realized issues to supervision.

•             Workforce Development – Identify training needs (or opportunities) to supervision.

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:

•             A genuine belief in continuous improvement and disciplined processes.  A willingness to analyze, challenge and change processes, if needed, to create a more efficient environment and culture.

•             Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.

•             Dependability — Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.

•             Integrity — Job requires being honest and ethical.

•             Organizational and time management skills.

•             Self-starter with ability to multi-task and prioritize workday/projects independently.

•             Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

•             Additional position specific qualifications (i.e. computer software)

EXPERIENCE/EDUCATION REQUIRED:   

•             2+ years of welding experience in a manufacturing environment, preferably with progressive welding certifications.

•             Ability to read/interpret blueprints.

•             General understanding of welding processes.

•             Experience with measuring tools, i.e., calipers, micrometers and height gages.

CERTIFICATION/LICENSE REQUIRED:

•             Progressive welding certification

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear; or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

Work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

•             While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles, moving mechanical parts and vibration.

•             While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear; or smell.

•             The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

•             Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

The duties listed above are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position.

The job description does not constitute an employment agreement between the employer and employee and is subject to change by the employer as the needs of the employer and requirements of the job change.

Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Veteran/Disability Employer

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