About the role
Reports To Production Supervisor
Summary The Steel Production Welder is responsible for all aspects of the production welding process, including safety, quality control, equipment operation, process monitoring, and various support activities. Welders will perform general duties, including but not limited to, blasting, paint coating, general labourer duties, and other related tasks as assigned.
The use of various hand tools, machinery, and equipment will be required to manufacture and join metal products. This position will work with Supervisors to ensure continuous improvement in work cells, managing quotas, and welding according to preset CWB/AWS parameters using GMAW welding processes.
Job Duties
- Ensures implementation and adherence to health and safety regulations; actively promotes safety and encourages safe work practices
- Maintains quality manufacturing practices and processes; follows defined procedures/inspection criteria, and takes appropriate action on actual and potential problems
- Maintains a productive and efficient work environment
- Measures, marks, cuts, and welds steel materials
- Ensures all CWB and AWS standards and regulations are applied to all welding activities
- Operate manual welding equipment to fuse metal segments using the GMAW process
- Operate manual flame-cutting equipment
- Detail oriented while applying blueprint instructions to fitting and welding of assemblies
- Collaboratively and actively communicates with teammates and management to ensure customer expectations are efficiently and effectively executed
- Inspects, labels, and packages all completed products
- Applies lean manufacturing principles to everyday duties
- Records labour activities in iERP system to manage costs and schedules
- Participates as an integral member of the team and contributes towards the success of the Company by performing other related duties as required
Requirements
- High School diploma/GED
- Minimum of 2 years of experience in a welding industry setting
- Physically fit
- Ability to read and interpret blueprints and tape measures (imperial measurements) is required
- Able to effectively communicate both verbally and in writing
- Effective organizational and time management skills in handling multiple projects, performing a variety of tasks, and meeting required deadlines
- Overhead crane training/experience is considered an asset
- Experience with fabrication tools (i.e., Band saw, IW, angle rollers, etc.) is considered an asset
- Experience with Cobot and/or Robotic weld machinery is considered an asset
- Exposure to Lean Manufacturing and ISO standards is considered an asset
Working Relationships
- Reports directly to the Production Supervisor
- Interfaces directly with other team members, including:
- Safety
- Quality/Compliance
- Detailing
- HR
Work Conditions
- This is a plant position located in the Saskatoon Norseman Structures facility
- This is an hourly paid position with a normal 40 hour work week
- Plant setting, Monday through Thursday, 7:00am - 5:30pm; occasional overtime may be required
About Norseman Structures
Norseman Structures is a respected, market leader of ShelterSolutions in the pre-engineered building industry - trusted for innovation and integrity in the design, fabrication, and construction of ShelterSolutions that protect the assets integral to our customer's wellbeing and future success.
Norseman's relationship building process considers customer's needs at the centre of our ShelterSolution. We begin by working collaboratively with our customers to develop a deep understanding of their business operations. This focus on what's inside the building allows Norseman Structures to utilize our experience to manage the comprehensive process from design to delivery of a ShelterSolution through our corporate and dealer network teams that meets industry standards and our customer's unique requirements.
A ShelterSolution is more than just a building. It is an intelligently executed project that is driven by our customer's unique need and provides them with peace of mind. Thoughtful design and engineering, superior craftsmanship, detailed project management, careful documentation, and uncompromising safety standards are what makes Norseman Structures a solution you can count on.
We believe that by utilizing the collaborative ingenuity of Norseman employees we can solve problems and provide needed solutions in a timely manner. We are confident and secure in the knowledge that the Norseman team can harness our collective expertise, passion and commitment to be Fiercely Reliable from the inside out in delivering our customers a customized ShelterSolution.
Norseman Structures has been in the protection and shelter business for nearly 100 years, starting with the fabrication of outfitter and exploration tents in the 1920s. Today we deliver a wide variety of ShelterSolutions to customers in virtually every industry, in a variety of climates, anywhere in the world.
About the role
Reports To Production Supervisor
Summary The Steel Production Welder is responsible for all aspects of the production welding process, including safety, quality control, equipment operation, process monitoring, and various support activities. Welders will perform general duties, including but not limited to, blasting, paint coating, general labourer duties, and other related tasks as assigned.
The use of various hand tools, machinery, and equipment will be required to manufacture and join metal products. This position will work with Supervisors to ensure continuous improvement in work cells, managing quotas, and welding according to preset CWB/AWS parameters using GMAW welding processes.
Job Duties
- Ensures implementation and adherence to health and safety regulations; actively promotes safety and encourages safe work practices
- Maintains quality manufacturing practices and processes; follows defined procedures/inspection criteria, and takes appropriate action on actual and potential problems
- Maintains a productive and efficient work environment
- Measures, marks, cuts, and welds steel materials
- Ensures all CWB and AWS standards and regulations are applied to all welding activities
- Operate manual welding equipment to fuse metal segments using the GMAW process
- Operate manual flame-cutting equipment
- Detail oriented while applying blueprint instructions to fitting and welding of assemblies
- Collaboratively and actively communicates with teammates and management to ensure customer expectations are efficiently and effectively executed
- Inspects, labels, and packages all completed products
- Applies lean manufacturing principles to everyday duties
- Records labour activities in iERP system to manage costs and schedules
- Participates as an integral member of the team and contributes towards the success of the Company by performing other related duties as required
Requirements
- High School diploma/GED
- Minimum of 2 years of experience in a welding industry setting
- Physically fit
- Ability to read and interpret blueprints and tape measures (imperial measurements) is required
- Able to effectively communicate both verbally and in writing
- Effective organizational and time management skills in handling multiple projects, performing a variety of tasks, and meeting required deadlines
- Overhead crane training/experience is considered an asset
- Experience with fabrication tools (i.e., Band saw, IW, angle rollers, etc.) is considered an asset
- Experience with Cobot and/or Robotic weld machinery is considered an asset
- Exposure to Lean Manufacturing and ISO standards is considered an asset
Working Relationships
- Reports directly to the Production Supervisor
- Interfaces directly with other team members, including:
- Safety
- Quality/Compliance
- Detailing
- HR
Work Conditions
- This is a plant position located in the Saskatoon Norseman Structures facility
- This is an hourly paid position with a normal 40 hour work week
- Plant setting, Monday through Thursday, 7:00am - 5:30pm; occasional overtime may be required
About Norseman Structures
Norseman Structures is a respected, market leader of ShelterSolutions in the pre-engineered building industry - trusted for innovation and integrity in the design, fabrication, and construction of ShelterSolutions that protect the assets integral to our customer's wellbeing and future success.
Norseman's relationship building process considers customer's needs at the centre of our ShelterSolution. We begin by working collaboratively with our customers to develop a deep understanding of their business operations. This focus on what's inside the building allows Norseman Structures to utilize our experience to manage the comprehensive process from design to delivery of a ShelterSolution through our corporate and dealer network teams that meets industry standards and our customer's unique requirements.
A ShelterSolution is more than just a building. It is an intelligently executed project that is driven by our customer's unique need and provides them with peace of mind. Thoughtful design and engineering, superior craftsmanship, detailed project management, careful documentation, and uncompromising safety standards are what makes Norseman Structures a solution you can count on.
We believe that by utilizing the collaborative ingenuity of Norseman employees we can solve problems and provide needed solutions in a timely manner. We are confident and secure in the knowledge that the Norseman team can harness our collective expertise, passion and commitment to be Fiercely Reliable from the inside out in delivering our customers a customized ShelterSolution.
Norseman Structures has been in the protection and shelter business for nearly 100 years, starting with the fabrication of outfitter and exploration tents in the 1920s. Today we deliver a wide variety of ShelterSolutions to customers in virtually every industry, in a variety of climates, anywhere in the world.