• Job Description

  Req#: LEADW007922

  Job Summary: The Lead Welder, organizes, manages, and completes welding repairs, reconditioning, services, and new fabrications on equipment and components.

  Essential Functions:

  • Personally model, promote, reinforce, and reward the consistent use of HOLT’s Values Based Leadership (VBL) tools, models, and processes to ensure alignment with our Vision, Values, and Mission Statement
  • Manages the performance of repair welds on equipment and components
  • Inspects arc welding, air arc, gas welding, and cutting done by Welders
  • Inspects and approves the fabrication of new components from shop drawings and/or blueprints
  • Works as a member of a team to provide excellent technical services that satisfy customer needs and achieve departmental goals
  • Works overtime as required by workload and customers’ needs
  • Prepares and completes all job-related documents, writes service reports, orders parts, and maintains clear customer records; in addition, accesses databases required to complete a job
  • Examines workpieces for defects to ensure conformance with specifications
  • Maintains all company equipment, tools, and work areas in a good, clean, and working order
  • Performs and completes all tasks with no supervision
  • Provides significant task and behavior-oriented supervision to other Welders
  • Defines repair time frames per job and ensures completion
  • Acts on behalf of the supervisor for defined periods of time and defined tasks; frequently called upon by the supervisor to lead others in the accomplishment of tasks by directing and managing on-site resources
  • Provides assistance, coaching, and mentoring to other Welders
  • Adheres to contamination control and HAZMAT rules and regulations
  • Works safely at all times and adheres to all applicable safety policies; complies with all company policies, procedures, and standards
  • Requires regular and punctual employee attendance

  • Performs other duties as assigned

  Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

  • Knowledge of safe work procedures and practices
  • Knowledge of equipment and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance
  • Knowledge of current computer software, related hardware, and machine electronic systems
  • Exceptional customer service skills
  • Planning and organizing skills
  • Excellent work habits, accuracy, attention to detail, and quality of work
  • Verbal and written communication skills
  • Effective influencing skills which include motivating and developing customers and employees
  • Time management skills in order to develop plans for structuring self and others to attain maximum productivity by establishing deadlines, milestones, tasks, resources, and achievement of goals and work results
  • Critical thinking and problem-solving skills to apply logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, approaches, and prevention of problems
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team
  • Ability to operate hand tools, power tools, pneumatic tools, and equipment used in fabrication and welding
  • Ability to be self-starting, self-motivated, and be a leader
  • Ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands in order to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects
  • Ability to read, write, and understand information
  • Ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences

  Education and Experience:

  • High school diploma or equivalent
  • Five to eight years of Welding, Machining, and Fabrication experience

  Supervisory Responsibilities:

  • None

  Travel:

  • Up to 10% travel may be required

  #LI-HCT

  Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

  The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

• About the company

  Established in 1933, HOLT CAT is the authorized dealer for Caterpillar machines and engines in 118 counties in Texas.

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