Welder – Day Shift | Paragould, AR

Who We Are:

Utility Trailer Manufacturing Company is America’s oldest privately owned, family-operated trailer manufacturer. With our corporate headquarters in City of Industry, California, we have 5 manufacturing factories in the United States and 1 in Mexico, along with two other parts or service-related operations. Our Paragould plant is currently accepting applications for Production Assemblers.

Job Responsibilities:

• Works from shop orders, specification and other instructions as to type of weld and amount of weld to be applied.
• Able to weld mild steel, SST and aluminum.
• Selects and set currents, determines rod size, selects electrode, and determines other variables according to job requirements.
• Exercises care to obtain proper penetration, avoid burning, slag inclusion or other flaws. Some alloying of metals involved to help to obtain proper material strength.
• Performs necessary routing and cleaning of defective areas prior to welding. Also grinds and blends after welding to meet blueprint specifications.
• Must know how to look up and understand customer weld requirements, prior to starting job.
• Must know and follow all departmental and company safety rules.
• Maintain work area and equipment in a clean and orderly condition.
• Dispose of work as required, performs other functions as assigned.
• Interact with other team members and occasionally with maintenance and engineers, quality, customer service and others in the plant to discuss product issues if needed.
• Able to use conventional and precision measuring instruments and able to read and interpret blueprints and specifications regarding parts.
• Able to meet internal quality requirements.
• Able to communicate effectively with co-workers.