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WELDER I

Published
January 19, 2025
Location
Jacksonville

Description

About LSI LSI is an employee-owned company that employs dynamic teams of professionals - people with the finest technical expertise, a level of passionate creativity, and a truly visionary outlook who deliver innovative training solutions that exceed our customers' expectations. Everyone at LSI has a personal stake in our success. LSI has over 400 training support experts, engineers, and craftsmen on staff who develop state-of-the-art high-fidelity training devices, complex computer-based, highly interactive distributed learning products, and comprehensive, dynamic technical publications. LSI employee-owners collaborate to deliver training products and services for a myriad of programs and customers, using leading-edge technology and proven processes. Mission Our mission is to prepare our military and allies to be battle-ready through cutting-edge training products and services. Vision Our vision is to be the premier provider of military training solutions, renowned for our innovation and excellence. Through employee-ownership and teamwork, we will shape a future where every military service member is equipped to succeed in their mission. Guiding Principles ESOP Sustainability: We do everything within our control to meet project budgets and schedules, so our ESOP prospers. Take Ownership: Each Employee-Owner takes ownership at the individual level for their words, actions, and results. Individual ownership breeds accountability. Accountability breeds trust. When we hold ourselves accountable and trust our fellow employee-owners to do the same, we realize success. Clear Communication: We project confidence in our communication using unambiguous language and providing clear purpose and direction. Pursuit of Excellence: We aggressively pursue continuous improvement both as teams and individual employee-owners. We strive to get better every day. There is no room for mediocrity. Pride in Our Work: We know the value of our work and are proud of what we produce. Customer Focus: Customers are both internal and external and we strive to give both our best efforts. Assume Positive Intent: Assume others are well-intentioned in their actions and seek additional information about the circumstances to help solve problems. Assuming positive intent in all interactions is the key to building strong teams and working together to solve problems. One Voice: Every Employee-Owner is expected to speak up if they have an idea for improvement or if they disagree with a potential course of action. Once a decision is made, the entire team commits to it and moves forward with one voice. Apply: https://www.lsijax.com/careers/ Hourly pay rate: $20.75 - $25.67 General Summary: The Welder I position performs the necessary operations required to form, fit, and join various metals used in manufacturing, modifying, and repairing trainer systems and related projects. Designs and fabricates components; make templates, simple holding devices, and fixtures as necessary to align and hold metal parts to be welded. Applies conceptual skills to visualize the item to be fabricated. Works from shop sketches, engineering drawings or other technical data for dimensional and functional characteristics. The welder must rely on basic trade knowledge and the ability to improvise trade techniques. Essential Job Functions: • Develop work procedures for fabricating welded assemblies from engineering drawings, airframe service changes, bulletins, contractor and vendor drawings and repair manuals. • May work from existing fabricated assemblies when no other technical data exists, develops dimensional, angular, or other measurements from the assemblies. • Determine work sequence, welding methods when not specifically called out, equipment needs, and material requirements. • Cut metal (bar stock, tubing, plate, sheet, extruded shapes, structural steel, etc.) to dimensions and angles required to fabricate subassemblies and end assemblies. • Operate shop equipment such as chop saws, cutting torches, grinders, etc. • Use fixtures and holding devices to align and hold work pieces for welding. • Required to design and make the fixtures and holding devices when none exist. • Lay out and cut component parts as required to fit, assemble, and weld them together. • Assure that matting surfaces to be welded are clean and free from corrosion that would inhibit a good weld. • Configure joint geometry by grinding angles or "V''s to accommodate appropriate weld beads. • Grind down and remove excess weld beads to prepare the assembly/subassembly for painting. • Maintain welding equipment in a good, ready-to-use condition at all times. Provides cleaning, preservation, and protection to welding tips, valves, regulators, etc. to avoid damage or deterioration. • Must be capable of safely handling government-furnished equipment and materials. • Must be available to work a standard weekly schedule with overtime as required. • Performs other duties as required.Job Requirements Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: • Requires good comprehension in reading, interpreting drawings, repair manuals, and related technical data and a thorough knowledge of and skill in the use of tools and techniques used in preparing and welding fabricated assemblies. • Requires a good knowledge of shop mathematics, the ability to lay out, align, fit, and assemble component parts. • Must have the ability to assist with design and fabrication of one-of-a-kind trainers and/or components. • Must be proficient in use of hand tools common to the welding trade such as protractors, rulers, dividers, calipers, levels, templates, etc., and powered tools such as bench and hand held grinders. • When a specific welding direction is not called out in applicable directives or drawings, applies trade knowledge to determine appropriate steps to take in the welding process. • Requires knowledge of probable effects of various loads and stresses applied to structures such as compression, torque, tensile, and shear, and the ability to recognize an overloaded or overstressed condition, and recommend or take corrective action as necessary. • Assist other workers as part of a team. • Must be able to obtain a security clearance as required by the contract. Education and Experience: • High School Diploma or equivalent. • Apprenticeship and/or Trade School in Welding plus 2 years experience. Must be able to weld aluminum. We are equal opportunity/affirmative action employers, committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under state or local law.