Plate Fitters
Now Hiring a Plate Fitter/Fabricator in the Carnegie, PA area.
Key Responsibilities and Duties
- Blueprint Interpretation: Study engineering drawings, blueprints, and layouts to plan the sequence of tasks.
- Layout and Marking: Compute layout dimensions and mark reference points, curves, holes, and welding symbols onto metal stock using scribes, soapstones, and punches.
- Fabrication and Assembly: Position, align, and fit metal parts and plates for welding, riveting, or bolting, often using heavy machinery (presses, shears, rolls).
- Precision Alignment: Use jigs, fixtures, clamps, turnbuckles, and tack-welding to ensure components meet strict tolerance specifications.
- Material Handling: Move large, heavy workpieces using overhead cranes, hoists, and forklifts.
- Inspection: Verify completed work using measuring instruments like squares, tapes, and gauges to meet quality standards.
Required Skills and Qualifications
- Technical Expertise: Proficient in reading blueprints, understanding welding symbols, and using metalworking machinery.
- Tools: Skilled in using hand tools, power tools, grinders, and torches.
- Physical Stamina: Ability to lift heavy materials, work at heights, or work in confined spaces.
- Math Skills: Strong knowledge of geometry and trigonometry for layout calculations.
- Experience: Previous experience in welding, structural steel fabrication, or shipbuilding is often required.
Work Environment
Plate fitters often work in noisy, industrial environments such as shipyards, manufacturing plants, or construction sites. They may work in confined spaces or at high temperatures, necessitating strict adherence to safety protocols.
7am - 3:30pm w/ OT available
$20-$28/ hour based on experience
Located in Carnegie, PA
Call Mike at (412)494-2000 for addt'l details
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