MPI Exeter - Welder in Exeter

Company Overview

McWane Plant & Industrial (MPI) in Exeter, CA is a recognized leader in water control products for water treatment, wastewater, high-volume agricultural and rural surface water delivery, hydro‑power, and flood control management. We are a leading provider of water control gates, valves, automated controls and accessories to these markets and key customers such as government agencies and agricultural water users. MPI has one of the industry’s largest manufacturing operations where we fabricate, machine, and test our water control products based out of Exeter, California. Led by managers trained in the latest quality systems, we carefully monitor all of our processes to ensure quality at each step of design and construction.

Job Description

A welder at McWane Plant & Industrial, Exeter, CA is responsible for assembling, repairing, and joining metal components using various welding techniques while ensuring safety and quality standards.

Responsibilities

• Reading and interpreting blueprints and technical drawings to understand product specifications and measurements.
• Measuring, cutting, and shaping metal components using hand tools, plasma cutters, or metal cutting machines.
• Performing welding operations using MIG, TIG, Stick, and arc welding techniques.
• Setting up, maintaining, and operating welding equipment safely and efficiently.
• Obtaining specified electrode and inserting it into a portable holder or threading consumable electrode wire through a portable welding gun.
• Connecting cables from welding unit to obtain amperage, voltage, slope, and pulse as specified by Welding Engineer or Welding Technician.
• Generating and controlling the arc to melt and deposit metal from electrode to workpiece and join edges of the workpiece.
• Manually guiding electrode or gun along weld line, maintaining arc length and speed to form specified depth of fusion and bead.
• Welding in flat, horizontal, vertical or overhead positions.
• Examining weld for bead size, quality, and other specifications.
• Applying filler rod manually to supply weld metal.
• Cleansing or degreasing weld joint or workpiece.
• Repairing broken or cracked parts, filling holes, and preparing broken parts for welding by grooving or scarring surfaces.
• Removing excess weld, slag, and spatter.
• Preheating workpiece with hand torch or heating furnace.
• Positioning and clamping workpieces together or assembling them in a jig or fixture.
• Tacking assemblies together.
• Performing other related duties as needed to meet project or organizational requirements.

Additional Information

• Interpersonal Skills: Listens to others without interrupting; keeps emotions under control.
• Judgment: Supports and explains reasoning for decisions; includes appropriate people in decision‑making process; adheres to McWane’s Code of Conduct and Ethics.
• Motivation: Demonstrates persistence, overcomes obstacles, measures self against a standard of excellence.
• Planning & Organizing: Uses time efficiently.
• Professionalism: Reacts well under pressure; accepts responsibility; follows through on commitments; conducts oneself professionally at all times when acting on behalf of McWane Plant & Industrial.
• Quality: Looks for ways to improve and promote quality; monitors own work to ensure quality.
• Quantity: Completes work in a timely manner; works quickly.
• Safety & Security: Observes safety and security procedures; reports potentially unsafe conditions.
• Attendance & Punctuality: Regular full‑time attendance is an essential function of the job.
• Dependability: Follows instructions, responds to management direction.
• Initiative: Seeks increased responsibilities; asks for and offers help when needed.

Education & Experience

High school diploma or equivalent; vocational or technical training in welding is highly preferred. Continuous education and certification renewal are often required to keep up with evolving welding technologies and methods.

Certification, Licenses, Registrations: Professional credentials from recognized organizations such as the American Welding Society (AWS), including Certified Welder (CW) status.

Skills & Abilities

• Hands‑on welding experience through previous jobs or apprenticeships; familiarity with different metals and welding techniques.
• Working knowledge of MIG welding equipment.
• Able to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
• Effective presentation of information in one‑on‑one and small group settings.
• Basic mathematics: calculate ratios and percentages using decimals.
• Common sense reasoning to carry out detailed instructions and solve problems involving a few variables.

Physical Demands

The employee is regularly required to stand, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, walk, reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. Occasionally required to climb or balance and talk or hear. Must frequently lift or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision requirements include close, peripheral, and depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

The work environment includes exposure to moving mechanical parts, outside weather conditions, fumes or airborne particles, extreme cold and heat, vibration, and moderate to loud noise. Safety gear such as gloves, masks, and protective clothing is mandatory.

Compensation

Hourly Pay Rate: $20–$21

Equal Employment Opportunity

McWane Plant & Industrial is a Federal VEVRAA contractor and an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing equal employment opportunity in all employment practices. The company will not discriminate against any applicant for employment on the basis of veteran or service member status, marital status, citizenship status, ancestry, order of protection status, physical or mental health condition, military status, unfavorable discharge status, genetic information, or any other legally protected status. We maintain a drug‑free workplace and reserve the right to perform substance abuse testing as needed.