Welder - 1st Shift

Eaton’s ES AMER ARS division is currently seeking a Welder - 1st Shift at our Hodges, SC facility. The core hours are Monday through Friday from 7:30 am to 3:30 pm. The rate for this position is $22.83 per hour.  This position is also eligible for a variable incentive program. Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.  What you’ll do: 
 The Welder will set-up and perform metal joining and cutting operations, with ferrous and nonferrous metals such as (steel, stainless steel, aluminum, galvanized steel, and cast metals), with or without fixtures, using a variety of welding and brazing equipment, robot welders and housing saw.   In this role, you will: •    Comply with the environment, health, and safety guidelines. •    Sustainment of 5S+ in area. •    Receive work assignments from supervisor or production control system. •    Input information into data collection system as required. •    Work from manufacturing information, sketches, drawings, oral and written instructions. •    Weld parts using proper machine settings and rod or wire and gas selections. •    Manually locate details on complex assemblies in welding sequence for a variety of non-repetitive structural assembly fabrication, with or without fixtures. •    Design and fabricate fixtures to aid in the welding process. •    Measure and align material, insuring dimensions conform to sketches and or drawings. •    Weld, grind, and chip parts as required insuring a clean and quality part. •    Perform routine maintenance on machinery such as oiling, manual clamp adjustments, and clamp/finger replacement. •    Frequently pushing or pulling up to 100 lbs; frequently lifting up to 50 lbs. In addition, use material handling equipment to load, unload, transport, and position heavy loads. •    Be familiar with all materials used to perform job functions. Follow material safety data sheet instructions. •    Utilize calipers, gauges, or other measuring devices to assure engineering standards to the .001 precision level. •    Perform statistical process control on machinery, as required. •    Flex to fabrication work areas as needed, including braze weld, robot weld, housing weld, Geka shear, coil machine, housing saw, accessory bend, press brake, downdraft, masking, and housing punch. Qualifications: 
 Required (Basic) Qualifications:  •    High School Diploma or GED equivalent from an accredited institution.   •    Must have a Welding Certification/Diploma in Basic Welding from an accredited institution. (i.e., Piedmont Technical College Basic Welding Certificate) •    Eaton will not consider applicants for employment, immigration sponsorship or support for this position. This means that Eaton will not support any CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT plans, F-1 to H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, I-485 job portability, etc. •    No relocation benefit is offered for this position.  Only candidates within a 50-mile radius of the work location will be considered.  Active-Duty Military Service member candidates are exempt from the geographical area limitation   Preferred Qualifications:  •    Previous experience of welding in a manufacturing environment  •    Previous experience in sheet metal fabrication including experience with standard punch and bend tooling and processes. •    Previous experience reading blueprints, manufacturing diagrams or drawings, and/or operating instructions. •    Previous experience with measuring devices (i.e., tape measure and calipers) •    Previous experience with ERP systems including DMM and AS-400. •    Welding certification in MIG (i.e., Piedmont Technical College Basic Welding Certificate) •    AWS welding certification Position Criteria: 
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