Virginia Transformer is “An engineering firm that makes transformers.”

We are the largest US owned manufacturer of power transformers in North America and have supported the reliability and resilience of our country’s electric grid for more than 50 years. We produce power transformers for all application – involving power generation transmission and distribution, and specialty, for industrial, utility and green energy generation.

The company is experiencing steady and sustained growth and serves practically every part of US industry from its 4 (soon to be 6!) state-of-the-art North American facilities. We are actively looking for individuals who want to be part of a high-growth company and who want to share in the pride we have in ensuring American manufacturing continues to flourish. Without reliable power, manufacturing cannot operate. That is where we – and you – come in. Join us.

US Secretary of Energy, Jennifer Granholm said, “With what Virginia Transformer is doing, they are at the center of how we’re going to build out the backbone of our clean energy future.”

Virginia Transformer Corp-VTCU in Pocatello, Idaho is seeking full-time experience welders to work in our fabrication shop.
Welders weld/assemble enclosures, tanks, and other structural components for Power Transformers, Switch Gears, Reactors, and other related equipment. Fabrication is based on mechanical blueprint specifications and built to established internal shop standards and/or per the Metal Fabrication Supervisor’s instructions.

This shift is 7 am to 3:30 pm

Job titles: Metal Fabrication Welder
Tasks

• Verify conformance of workpieces to specifications, using squares, rulers, and measuring tapes.
• Align and fit parts according to specifications, using jacks, turnbuckles, wedges, drift pins, pry bars, and hammers.
• Move parts into position, manually or with hoists or cranes.
• Position, align, fit, and weld parts to form complete units or subunits, following blueprints and layout specifications, and using jigs, welding torches, and hand tools.
• Study engineering drawings and blueprints to determine materials requirements and task sequences.
• Set up and operate fabricating machines, such as brakes, rolls, shears, flame cutters, grinders, and drill presses, to bend, cut, form, punch, drill, or otherwise form and assemble metal components.
• Lay out and examine metal stock or workpieces to be processed to ensure that specifications are met.
• Tack-weld fitted parts together.
• Lift or move materials and finished products, using large cranes and forklift.
• Remove high spots and cut bevels, using hand files, portable grinders, and cutting torches.

Qualifications/Requirements

• High School Diploma / GED
• Minimum 1 year of experience in Steel MIG, Stick, Flux Core or Oxy/Acetylene torch
• ANSI Certification
• Ability to read and interpret drawings / diagrams and specifications
• Ability to lift 60 lbs repetitively
• Ability to operate forklift
• Ability and willingness to work overtime, evening / off shifts, weekends, and holidays
• Must be COVID vaccinated

Desired Characteristics and abilities

• Craftsmanship – The pride one puts into each and every product they produce.
• Maintain Focus – The ability to handle repetition and function under pressure or stress.
• Hand – Eye Coordination — The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
• Control Precision — The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine to exact positions.
• Manual Dexterity — The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
• Near Vision — The ability to see clearly up close.
• Multi-positional Welding – The ability to weld horizontally, vertically and, at times, upside down.

Tools & Technology

• Drill press or radial drill — Magnetic drill presses; Radial drills
• Hydraulic press brake — Computerized numerical control CNC press brakes; Straightening presses
• Punches or nail sets or drifts — Center punches; Drift pins; Punches
• Shears — Beverly shears; Hand shears; Unishears
• Welding Equipment — MIG, Stick, plasma arc welding and flux-cored

Overhead crane and forkliftLocation: 3770 Pole Line RdBuilding #37, Pocatello, ID 83201Location: 3770 Pole Line RdBuilding #37, Pocatello, ID 83201

THIS SHIFT IS 3:30 PM to 12:00 AM

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Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Shift:

• 10 hour shift
• 8 hour shift

Weekly day range:

• Monday to Friday
• Weekend availability

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Pocatello, ID 83201: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Application Question(s):

• Have you been convicted of any crime in the last 7 years? If so, what and when?

Work Location: In person

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