Fabrication Fitter - 1st & 2nd Shift

Job Description

Job Description

The Fabrication Fitter lays out, fits, and welds fabricated pipe and related components such as flanges, elbows, and ports.

• Follows all safety policies and initiates safety improvements.
• Fits and assembles structural frameworks and housings from materials such as angle iron, I-beams, and plate steel; uses hand tools and welding equipment and follows blueprint specifications; examines blueprints and materials list to obtain parts specifications.
• Tack-welds scrap metal to outline to provide jig for assembly.
• Positions parts in jig and files, chisels, and grinds parts, as indicated, to fit them together.
• Completes welds with minimal de-burring and grinding necessary.
• Periodically compares dimensions of assembly to blueprint specifications using square, ruler, and calipers.
• Heats parts with acetylene torch and bends them in vise, on anvil, or around stakes mounted in table as necessary.
• Tack-welds fitted parts together or directs fab finisher to tack-weld parts.
• Performs final dimensional check in accordance with blueprint or work sheet.
• Other duties as assigned by management.

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