Our Values reflect who we are and how we work and we value our employees. At our employees enjoy working in a highly innovative and safe working environment while performing challenging and meaningful work to build value -- driven solutions. Our positive relationships with our managers and co-workers allow us to take ownership and walk the talk. Our work culture encourages us to communicate openly, think innovatively, and act as a network. Employees are empowered to work with simplicity and efficiency. If you enjoy working in a dynamic environment oriented toward innovation and multiculturalism that offers real opportunities for growth and aims for excellence -- you are probably a great fit for our team!

Today, Comau has a truly global presence, with 33 operative centers in 14 different countries, which allows us to offer tailor-made solutions and localized support in a variety of fields.

The Position: We're looking for a Welding Technician.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Analyze product failure data and laboratory test results in order to determine causes of problems and develop solutions.
• Conduct or supervise tests on raw materials or finished products in order to ensure their quality.
• Design and direct the testing and/or control of processing procedures.
• Determine appropriate methods for fabricating and joining materials.
• Evaluate technical specifications and economic factors relating to process or product design objectives.
• Monitor material performance and evaluate material deterioration.
• Plan and implement laboratory operations for the purpose of developing material and fabrication procedures that meet cost, product specification, and performance standards.
• Review new product plans and make recommendations for material selection based on design objectives, such as strength, weight, heat resistance, electrical conductivity, and cost.
• Solve problems in a number of engineering fields, such as mechanical, chemical, electrical, civil, nuclear and aerospace.
• Supervise production and testing processes in industrial settings such as metal refining facilities, smelting or foundry operations, or non-metallic materials production operations.
• Conduct training sessions on new material products, applications, or manufacturing methods for customers and their employees.
• Design processing plants and equipment.
• Guide technical staff engaged in developing materials for specific uses in projected products or devices.
• Modify properties of metal alloys, using thermal and mechanical treatments.
• Perform managerial functions such as preparing proposals and budgets, analyzing labor costs, and writing reports.
• Plan and evaluate new projects, consulting with other engineers and corporate executives as necessary.
• Remove metals from ores, and refine and alloy them to obtain useful metal.
• Replicate the characteristics of materials and their components with computers.
• Supervise the work of technologists, technicians and other engineers and scientists.
• Sell and service metal products.
• Teach in colleges and universities.
• Write for technical magazines, journals, and trade association publications.
• Sets-up and operates welding machines that join or bond components to fabricate metal products or assemblies.
• Feeds work piece into welding machine to join or bond components.
• Observes and listens to welding machine and its gauges to ensure welding process meets specifications.
• Turns and presses controls, such as cranks, knobs, and buttons to adjust and activate welding process.
• Operates welding machine to produce trial work pieces, used to examine and test.
• Lays out, fits, or tacks work pieces together, using hand tools.
• Examines metal product or assemblies to ensure specifications are met.
• Tends auxiliary equipment used in welding process.
• Tests products and records test results and operational data on specified forms.
• Devises and builds fixtures used to bond components, during the welding process.
• Cleans and maintains work pieces and welding machine parts, using hand tools and equipment.
• Adds components, chemicals, and solutions to welding machine, using hand tools.
• Stops and opens holding device on welding machine, using hand tools.
• Positions and adjusts fixtures, attachments, or work pieces on machine, using hand tools.