Welder Helper - (Construction) - Anchorage Fab Shop, AK

This position is based in Anchorage at the Worley Fabrication Facility, on a 5 day a week work schedule. Schedule subject to change pending the project(s) needs.

No relocation or per-diem is provided.

Worley offers a competitive benefits package, with company paid short-term disability, life insurance, paid sick leave, and 4.5% employer match on 401k.

Job Purpose:

Assists the various assigned crafts journeymen in job setup and performance of work.

Essential Job Functions:

• Lay out, position, align, and secure parts and assemblies. Lay out, measure, and mark dimensions and reference lines on material.
• Prepare all material surfaces to be welded, ensuring that there is no loose or thick scale, slag, rust, moisture, grease, or other foreign matter.
• Determine required equipment and welding methods. Start up and make adjustments to welding machines, both electrical and mechanical. Detect faulty operation of equipment or defective materials and notify supervisors.
• Set up and adjust cutting equipment, i.e., gauges, hoses, torches, for Air Carbon Arc Cutting, Plasma Arc Cutting, and Oxygen/Acetylene Cutting procedures.
• Assist with chipping or grinding off excess weld, slag, or spatter, using hand scrapers or power chippers, portable grinders, or arc-cutting equipment.
• Assist with cutting, contouring, and beveling metal plates and structural shapes to dimensions as specified by blueprints, layouts, work orders, and templates.
• Mark or tag material with proper job number, piece marks, and other identifying marks as required.
• Completes records and performs various clean-up and housekeeping activities.
• Recognize, set up, and operate hand and power tools common to the welding trade, such as shie