Welder (Heavy Equipment Repair)

Position Summary
Branch Civil is searching for an experienced and safety-oriented Welder to join our well-established, growing company. The position is responsible for welding metal components together to fabricate or repair products such as machine parts, equipment, motors, and generators, according to layouts, blueprints, or work orders, using brazing and variety of arc and gas welding equipment: welds metal parts together using both gas welding or brazing and any combination of arc welding processes.
Duties/Responsibilities
Performs related tasks such as thermal cutting and grinding

• Repairs broken or cracked parts, fills holes, and increases size of metal parts
• Positions and clamps together components of fabricated metal parts preparatory to welding
• May perform other related duties

Duties/Responsibilities Cont.
Qualifications

• Knowledge of construction techniques
• 1 to 3 years of welding experience
• Working knowledge of OSHA regulations
• DOT experience preferred, but not required

Competencies
Dependability
Delivering High Quality Work
Following Policies and Procedures
Working Safely
Displaying Technical Expertise
Travel
This position will be primarily based out of our Roanoke location, however some overnight travel will be needed due to work demands.
Supervisory Responsibility
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.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands and fingers to handle, feel or operate objects, tools or controls, and reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to stand, talk and hear. The employee is occasionally required to walk, sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, taste and smell. The employee must frequently lift or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
Position Type/Expected Hours of Work
This is a full-time position which will typically involve 40+ hours a week. Due to the nature of the job, the employee must be available on-call early/late hours to deal with delays, bad weather and emergencies at the job site.
AAP/EEO Statement
It has been and will continue to be a fundamental policy of the Company not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or status as a veteran, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law, with respect to recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, and other terms and condition of employment.
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.