Experienced Heavy Equipment Welder - Wagner equipment

Would you like to be part of a focused, dedicated team? Do you want to work and grow with other motivated, ambitious people?

Wagner Equipment Co. offers challenging career opportunities, extensive training and employee development along with an opportunity to grow your career and thrive under Wagner’s reputation for excellence. We offer excellent benefits and supply you with the tools you need to maximize your potential and grow within Wagner.

Benefits include:

• Paid Time Off (PTO) Plan - Up to 96 hours of PTO in your first year + 8 company paid holidays
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance 
• Life and AD&D Insurance
• Retirement Plans -  401K and Roth 401K , eligible employees can receive a company contribution up to 7%
• Tuition Reimbursement 
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• CEFCU- Citizens Equity First Credit Union - Employees have access to services include payroll deductions savings, accounts, loans, VISA card, and more.
• Additional Benefits include: Unum Supplemental life Insurance, Aflac Critical Illness + Accidental Insurance, ID WatchDog and discounted employee phone plans.

Under limited supervision, the Class A Welder is responsible for making sound structural repairs with all welds neat in appearance or ground off flush in a manner that reflects the company’s vision of working as “One Professional Team.”

Pay rate:  $28.75 - $48.67 per hour
Pay rate is dependent upon education & experience. 

Essential Functions:

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.

• Prepares inspection reports
• Inspects structural condition of equipment
• Removes and installs components and parts to make necessary repairs
• Reconditions or fabricates components or parts to manufacturer’s specifications
• Determines reusability of parts in accordance with published guidelines
• Orders replacement parts
• Makes warranty recommendations as to repairs meeting warranty criteria or caused by abuse, normal wear or rework
• Makes recommendations to manager on action to correct the failure or problem
• Builds and bores components
• Other duties as assigned by manager

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Assists Class B and C welders as required, providing them with guidance and instruction in their work

Required Education and Experience:

• High School Diploma or GED
• 5+ years of welding experience, preferably in the heavy equipment industry

Physical Demands & Competencies:

• Standing, walking, talking, sitting, use of hands & hearing
• Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, etc.
• Heavy work that includes lifting and/or moving objects up to 85 pounds or more
• Data Entry, telephone, reading/writing, reasoning, organizational, communication & math skills
• Safety & Product Knowledge
• Ability to search for and enter data into a computer
• Ability to type service reports

Work Environment:

• Noise: Loud
• Indoors and Outdoors

Other Duties:

Job Offers are contingent upon all required pre-employment screenings which may include but are not limited to background checks, drug/alcohol testing, fit for duty testing, and any other job-related tests/screenings.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Requirements are representative of minimum levels of knowledge, skills and/or abilities. To perform this job successfully, the employee must possess the abilities or aptitudes to perform each duty proficiently.  

Wagner Equipment Co. is an EEO/AA/Veterans/Disabled employer.