Welder

Gerdau is the leading company in the production of long steel in the Americas and one of the major suppliers of specialty long steel in the world. With more than 30,000 employees, Gerdau is the largest recycler in Latin America and around the world and transforms millions of metric tons of scrap into steel every year. 

Gerdau Long Steel North America is a leader in mini-mill steel production and steel recycling in North America, with an annual manufacturing capacity of approximately 10 million metric tons of mill finished steel products.  Through a vertically integrated network of mini-mills, scrap recycling facilities and downstream operations, the company serves customers throughout the U.S. and Canada, offering a diverse and balanced product mix of merchant steel, rebar, structural shapes, fabricated steel, flat rolled steel and wire rod.

COME JOIN OUR TEAM...,.... We are currently looking for a Welder at our Selkirk, MB location.

Job Description:

Reporting to the Maintenance Supervisor, this position's main focus will be to perform all kinds of welding, brazing and cutting on any type of metal using gas and electric welding equipment, and to layout, fabricate, assemble, erect and repair structural, plate and pipe work.

Hourly rate:  $41.07 /hour plus COLA (cost of living allowance).  Overtime is available.

Our Ideal Candidate will:

- Receive instructions and drawings regarding shop and fieldwork orders for the job

- Interpret drawings and sketches, plans working procedures and determines the materials, tools and equipment required

- Handle and /or make arrangements for the handling of the materials, tools and equipment to and from the job site in shop or field

- Lay out work, makes sketches and determines stock sizes as required

- Operate ironworker, drill, saw and miscellaneous hand and power otools to fabricate parts

- Clean and prepare surfaces to be welded

- Set up, fits, assembles and tack welds parts, constructing special fixtures as required

- Perform gas and electric welding in all positions, down hand, vertical and overhead

- Make any type and size of weld such as "V" lap, butt, pressure and thermal weld, brazing, pre-heating when required

- Build worn or defective surfaces

- Perform work requiring knowledge of the welding properties of various types of metals, welding rods, welding heats, stress relief, allowances for fit up and machining and the effect of warpage, shrinkage and expansion

- Use burning and gouging equipment to dismantle structural and fabricated assemblies for repair or modifications and to cut material to size and shape

- Erect scaffolds as required

- Operate man lift, hoists and cranes

- Keep immediate working area clean

- Create, prepare and complete work orders for maintenance work required

- Reserve and order parts for maintenance work

- Observe all safety rules and exercise all safety precautions

- Adhere to all Gerdau Manitoba CWB & AMSE QC manuals / procedures

- Use tools and equipment that would include (but not limited to) vaious types of gas and electric welding and burning eqiuipment, drawings, cleaning tools, shields, safety equipment, welding fixtures, iron worker, man lift, scaffolds, drill press, power saw, chain falls, miscellaneous hand and power tools and measuring devices

Qualifications and Experience Preferred:

Our ideal candidate will:

- Be a Provincial Licensed Journeyperson Industrial Welder (all positions) and/or have an unrestricted Provincial High Pressure Welder's License. As well will have the ability to successfully maintain these qualifications along with CWB (all positions) 
- Have experience preferably in a manufacturing environment
- Have the ability to work in a team environment and with other trades

- Possess strong communication skills and a good work ethic

Additional Incentives:

 Gerdau offers excellent benefits including:

    - Health, dental, vision, short & long term disability, and life/accidental life insurance

    - RRSP with company matching

    - Employee Assistance Program

Gerdau believes in equal employment opportunity related to all employees and applicants of employment. It is the policy of Gerdau that there will be no discrimination against any employee and applicant for employment on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, marital status, sex, age, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity, veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. All external applicants must be legally eligible to immediately work in the country of hire without current or future sponsorship.