Job Description Job Description Description: *This position is located in St. George, UT. RAM will provide relocation assistance to the selected candidate in the event of relocation.* POSITION SUMMARY * Set up, operate, or tend welding, soldering, or brazing machines or robots that weld, braze, solder, or heat treat metal products, components, or assemblies. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES * Load or feed work pieces into welding machines in order to join or bond components. * Inspect, measure, or test completed metal work pieces to ensure conformance to specifications, using measuring and testing devices. * Record operational information on specified production reports. * Read blueprints, work orders, and production schedules to determine product or job instructions and specifications. * Assemble, align, and clamp work pieces into holding fixtures to bond, heat-treat, or solder fabricated metal components. * Lay out, fit, or connect parts to be bonded, calculating production measurements as necessary. * Conduct trial runs before welding, soldering or brazing; make necessary adjustments to equipment. * Dress electrodes, using tip dressers, files, emery cloths, or dressing wheels. * Remove work pieces and parts from machinery after work is complete, using hand tools. * Observe meters, gauges, and machine operations to ensure that soldering or brazing processes meet specifications. * Select, position, align, and bolt jigs, holding fixtures, guides, and stops onto machines, using measuring instruments and hand tools. * Select torch tips, alloys, flux, coil, tubing, and wire, according to metal types and thicknesses, data charts, and records. * Compute and record settings for new work, applying knowledge of metal properties, principles of welding, and shop mathematics. * Prepare metal surfaces and work pieces, using hand-operated equipment such as grinders, cutters, or drills. * Clean, lubricate, maintain, and adjust equipment to maintain efficient operation, using air hoses, cleaning fluids, and hand tools. * Set dials and timing controls to regulate electrical current, gas flow pressure, heating/cooling cycles, and shut-off. * Tend auxiliary equipment used in welding processes. * Use and support creation of fixtures and jigs used to hold parts in place during welding, brazing, or soldering. * Fill hoppers and position spouts to direct flow of flux, or manually brush flux onto seams of work pieces. * Add chemicals and materials to work pieces or machines to facilitate bonding or to cool work pieces. * Mark weld points and positions of components on work pieces, using rules, squares, templates, and scribes. * Anneal finished work pieces to relieve internal stress. * Immerse completed work pieces into water or acid baths to cool and clean components. This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by their supervisor. Requirements: MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS * Must be 18 years old * High school diploma or GED equivalent * 2-5 years related work experience PHYSICAL DEMANDS [mark applicable] * Lift/Carry 10 lbs. or less _F 11-20 lbs. F 21-50 lbs._ O 51-70 lbs.__ * Must be able to sit and stand constantly _X_ Use hands constantly _X_ TRAVEL * Travel will not be required.