Title: Metal Fabricator/Welder Position Code: 23-300

POSITION DESCRIPTION

POSITION TITLE: Metal Fabricator/Welder DEPARTMENT: Fleet Management

POSITION CODE: 23-300 FLSA STATUS: Non-Exempt

POSITION REPORTS TO: Fleet Management Supervisor EMPLOYEE CLASS: AFSCME

POSITIONS SUPERVISED: None.

BLS COMPARABLE: 51-2041.01, Metal Fabricators 51-4121.02, Welders & Cutters

LEADERSHIP: Provides co-worker leadership to others through motivation, team building, and providing feedback.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:

• Subject to post offer, pre-employment drug screen. • Subject to post offer, pre-employment physical examination/medical history check. • Subject to a pre-employment criminal background check. • As a position directly affecting the safety of others, the employee will be required to comply with all provisions of City of Enid’s substance abuse policy, including random drug and alcohol testing. • Possession of a valid Oklahoma driver's license with acceptable driving record.

POSITION PURPOSE: To increase aesthetics, reduce repair cost, and increase longevity of equipment providing metal fabrication services to various departments.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND BASIC DUTIES

• Develops layout and plans sequence of operations for fabricating and assembling structural metal products, applying trigonometry and knowledge of metal. • Sets up and operates fabricating machines, such as brakes, rolls, shears, flame cutters, and drill presses. • Sets up and operates machine tools associated with fabricating shops, such as radial drill, end mill, and edge planer.

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• Tack-welds or welds components and assemblies, using electric, gas, arc, or other welding equipment. • Preheats workpieces to render them malleable, using hand torch or furnace. • Cuts workpiece, using powered saws, hand shears, or chipping knife. • Melts lead bar, wire, or scrap to add lead to joint or to extrude melted scrap into reusable form. • Installs or repairs equipment, such as lead pipes, valves, floors, and tank linings. • Inspects grooves, angles, or gap allowances, using micrometer, caliper, and precision measuring instruments. • Removes rough spots from workpiece, using portable grinder, hand file, or scraper. • Welds components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions. • Heats, forms, and dresses metal parts, using hand tools, torch, or arc welding equipment. • Provide assistance to other departments as needed. • Perform other duties as required.

PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS

• High quality equipment repair is provided in a timely manner reducing equipment downtime. • Work is completed according to the request of the person or Operating Department. • Effective working relations exist with City personnel. • New employees are well trained and assisted. Management is appropriately informed. • Employee understands and adheres to applicable safety policies. • The City’s professional reputation is maintained.

QUALIFICATIONS

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE: High School diploma or General Education Degree (GED); or six months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

CERTIFICATES/LICENSES: Welding certification (preferred).

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE: Mechanical — Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.

Design — Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.

Building and Construction — Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in construction.

SKILLS/ABILITIES: Ability to work with different types of steel and welding rods. Handle multiple tasks simultaneously. Accurate and attentive to detail. Good communications and public relations abilities. Ability to assist and support others. Able to operate telephone, PC, copier, and other basic business machines.

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PHYSICAL & MENTAL ACTIVITIES AND REQUIREMENTS OF THIS POSITION

FINGER DEXTERITY: Manual dexterity sufficient to work with the fingers.

VISUAL ABILITIES: Normal vision, with or without corrective lenses.

PHYSICAL STRENGTH: PDC Level: Heavy Employee lifts/carries 80 lbs occasionally (less than 33% of the time or 1-100 times per day). Heavy physical activity required performing somewhat strenuous daily activities of a mechanical nature. Frequent standing, over the head lifting, twisting, carrying, climbing, and balancing required.

LANGUAGE/COMPREHENSION: Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients and other employees of the organization.

REASONING ABILITY: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few variables in standardized situations.

MATHEMATICS ABILITY: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

WORK SCHEDULE/HOURS: Regular – 8 hour shift, typically 7:30a.m. - 4:00p.m., Monday - Friday.

Other–Variable lunch period and breaks in coordination with other office personnel.

WORK CONDITIONS: Outdoor and indoor shop environment with adequate ventilation.

Noise level: Loud. Hearing protection required.

Other work conditions: Frequent exposure to extreme heat and vision hazards. Occasional work above ground where possibility of falling exists. Occasional work in an improperly illuminated, awkward, or confining space. Occasional exposure to air contamination.

ADVANCEMENT CRITERIA

INTERMEDIATE ADVANCED 5-7 years experience in related field. 8+ years experience in related field. Specialized vocational training. Complex design application. Ability to fabricate various metals. Expert ability to fabricate metals. Advanced safety knowledge. Expert safety knowledge. Class B CDL. Welding certification.

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JOB DESCRIPTIONS

Job descriptions assist organizations in ensuring that the hiring process is fairly administered and that qualified employees are selected.

All descriptions have been reviewed to ensure that only essential functions and basic duties have been included. Peripheral tasks, only incidentally related to each position, have been excluded. Requirements, skills, and abilities included have been determined to be the minimal standards required to successfully perform the positions. In no instance, however, should the duties, responsibilities, and requirements delineated be interpreted as all inclusive. Additional functions and requirements may be assigned by supervisors as deemed appropriate.

In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, it is possible that requirements may be modified to reasonably accommodate disabled individuals. However, no accommodations will be made which may pose serious health or safety risks to the employee or others or which impose undue hardships on the organization.

I have reviewed this job description and I can perform the essential functions of this position, with or without, reasonable accommodations. I have also received or have been offered a copy of this job description.

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