Welder Helpers

ADF International in Great Falls, Montana seeks to hire multiple ENTRY LEVEL WELDER HELPERS for their Steel Fabrication Plant.  The ideal candidates will have a strong work ethic as well as a positive attitude.

$13 per hour with a .50 cent differential for the Night Shift.

Qualified candidates will need to have the following education and/or work experience:

• Completion of a welding program

OR

• Minimum 1000 hours (1/2 year) of relevant welding experience from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved

OR

• A combination of minimum 500 hours (3 months) of relevant welding experience and training from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved

Hours:

Evening Shift:  Monday-Thursday 4:30 pm-3:00 am (four 10 hour shifts)

Key Technical Skills/Abilities:

• Metal arc welding (GMAW), Flux-cored arc welding (FCAW) and Shielded metal arc welding (SMAW)
• Executing simple welds.
• Accomplishing the required tasks within a specified time, that is considered adequate for a welder helper
• Safely operating various power hand tools used to prepare, shape and clean the metal pieces, such as grinding machine and cutting torch.
• Know how to safely and properly operate overhead cranes [PREFERRED]

Duties Summary:

• Weld or join metal components, indentations, or seams of fabricated metal products using hand-welding or flame-cutting equipment.
• Weld components in flat position.
• Gouge and clean metal pieces.
• Use the optimum welding technique to ensure minimal misfit or correction of misalignments (considering quality and quantity of weld deposits).
• Monitor fitting, burning, and welding processes to avoid overheating of parts of warping, shrinking, distortion, or expansion of materials.
• Ability to learn basic operations of forklifts, overhead cranes, hoists when required
• Prepare all material surfaces to be welded, ensuring that there is no loose or thick scale, slag, moisture, grease, or other foreign matter.
• Perform tasks using overhead traveling cranes, when required.
• Any other related duties, as required and/or special projects as needed.

Company Profile

• Founded in 1956, ADF GROUP INC. is a North American leader in the design and engineering of connections, fabrication, including industrial coating, and installation of complex steel structures, heavy steel built-ups, as well as miscellaneous and architectural metalwork for the non-residential construction Industry.
• ADF Group Inc. operates two steel structure fabrication plants; one of 630,000 ft² (58,530 m²) in the province of Quebec, Canada and one of 100,000 ft² (9,290 m²) in Montana, USA through its US subsidiary "ADF International Inc.", where ADF Group Inc. also operates a 48,000 ft² (4,460 m²) industrial coating plant through “ADF Industrial Coating Inc.”.

What we offer at ADF International/Industrial Coating Inc.:

• All full-time employees, working at least 30 hours per week, will be eligible for benefits on the 1st day of the month following 30 days of employment.  
• ADF offers medical and dental (employer pays 100% of premium for employee and 75% of premium for dependents) and voluntary vision insurance.  
• Employer provides Long Term Disability and Basic Life Insurance.  
• Supplemental Life Insurance is available to our employees and their spouses and children.  
• ADF also offers Flexible Spending Accounts which are tax advantaged medical and dependent care savings plans.  
• New employees start accruing sick leave and vacation time immediately upon hire.  
• ADF International recognizes and is closed for 8 paid holidays during the year.  
• ADF has established a 401 (k) plan to provide employees the potential for future financial security for retirement.  
• All Iron Workers are part of the Shopman's Local Union 850 of the Iron Workers