Position: Welder
Classification: Full-Time, Non Exempt
Positions Reports to: Travis Maniekee
Location: Bentonville, AR
Shift: 1st Shift
About Game Aerospace
Game Aerospace is a growing business that designs, manufactures, and sells composite airplanes. Our hand-crafted airplanes are delivered and flown around the world. For more information about the GameBird and our company, visit our website game.aero.
About the Position
Welds and assembles metal pieces and products by using handheld welding equipment. Sets up parts for welding; uses hand tools, clamps, jigs and fixtures. Works from specifications, drawings and weld symbols. Prepares and completes work on materials by welding, cutting, grinding and cleaning metal.
What you will do
Key Responsibilities include:
- Follows all Game Aerospace safety programs and requirements.
- Adheres to production schedule.
- Reads, assembles, and welds from blueprints.
- Prepares, assembles, and tacks weld parts and surfaces to be welded.
- Monitors the welding, burning, and fitting process to ensure parts are not overheated or damaged by warping, distortion, expansion, or shrinkage.
- GMAW/MIG/ TIG welding
- Grinds and wire wheels product to clean smooth surfaces for painting.
- Inspects final products to print for quality assurance.
- Tags all final products for identification.
- Maintains, organizes, and cleans equipment and the work area.
- Operates overhead and jib style crane.
- Operates a forklift.
- Notifies supervisor when faulty equipment or defective materials are discovered.
Performs other related duties as assigned.
Experience and Qualifications required:
- Training and experience in MIG/TIG welding is required.
- Thorough understanding of machines and tools used in welding.
- Ability to read weld symbols and follow blueprints.
- Excellent ability to read and listen to assignments given in a variety of forms.
- Basic understanding of mathematics as related to welding assignments.
- Must be able to achieve D17.1 TIG certification F5 position.
Education and Experience:
- High school or equivalent
- Minimum of 2 years solid welding experience required.
Personal attributes that support your success
- High emotional intelligence.
- Intellectual curiosity, entrepreneurial, creative thinker and problem-solver, fast learner, with demonstrated initiative.
- High level of maturity and ability to work in a team setting or independently.
- Willing to roll up your sleeves to help drive results.
- Unquestionable ethics and personal integrity.
Other Duties
Please note this position description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the candidate in this position.
Duties, responsibilities, and activities may evolve or change over time.
Benefits
• Competitive salary based on experience
• Medical, dental, vision insurance
• 401(k)
• Tuition/training reimbursement
• Life and disability insurance coverage
Game Aerospace is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to building and maintaining a culturally diverse workplace. We encourage women, minorities, individuals with disabilities and veterans to apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status of protected veteran, among other things or status as a qualified individual with a disability.
Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.
