Work on the 1-million sq. ft. factory is now under way on the 400-acre site. It will be the company’s second largest plant, rivalled only by JCB’s world headquarters in Rocester, Staffordshire, England, and create 1,500 new jobs over five years. The factory will make Loadall telescopic handlers and aerial access equipment, with production scheduled to start in 2026. The factory will also have the capacity to expand and build other products in the future.
Company Profile
80 years and countless innovations later, JCB is the world’s largest privately-owned manufacturer of construction and agricultural equipment. At 22 plants spanning four continents—and countries including the United States, the United Kingdom, India and Brazil—JCB manufactures a range of more than 300 products including Loadall telescopic handlers, backhoeloaders, excavators, wheel loaders, compact excavators, skid steer loaders, compact track loaders, Accessaerial work platforms, rough terrain forklifts, and Fastrac tractors.
JCB people are at the heart of our business and as a family-owned business we answer to our customers, not a group of shareholders. That freedom allows us to concentrate on developing the latest technologies and incorporating them into our equipment. We focus on what our customer needs on the jobsite – a machine that holds up in the toughest environment and increases their productivity.
At JCB, we stand behind our products – and our name.
Position Purpose
This position is responsible for leading and controlling the welding process across the factory. Involves recruitment, training and skill development for welders in manual and automated applications in heavy fabrications using the GMAW welding application mainly. We should be able to deploy the process of managing the effectiveness of welding across the shop floor to maintain reliability and productivity. This also involves alignment with global manufacturing sites and certification bodies to establish and maintain required regulatory documentation.
Position Type
Full Time, Exempt
Major Tasks, Responsibilities & Key Accountabilities
- Define standard welding process and parameters for the heavy fabrications
- Understand and optimize the manual and automated welding applications
- Must have experience in manual welding, robot and cobots in welding process
- To recruit, train, improve and sustain the welding processes with the shopfloor welders
- Reaching out to the colleges/schools to identify and develop the talent pool for potential shop floor employees
- Implement safety processes and practices on the shop floor
- Selection, deployment and monitoring of the equipment related to welding and safety of welders
- Monitors the process parameters and control proactively to avoid weld defects
- Monitor and improve the quality parameters for welding, lead zero defect drive
- Conduct destructive and non-destructive testing of welds
- Daily audits to ensure correct process adherence and critical to quality checks on shop floor
- Qualification and requalification of the shopfloor personals for their welding skills required for job; monitoring the skill management program
- Generate daily, weekly and monthly reports, statistics visualize and improve welding processes across the factory
- Help supplier development in the areas related to welding processes
- Select, approve and implement the welding accessories, consumables etc.
- Develop, monitor and control the budget and cost related to welding
- Create process to avoid rework, rejects and field issues for welded fabrications
- Must be able to perform the MIG welding operation to demonstrate right quality and productivity to the shopfloor team.
- Use of AR/VR applications for training
- Monitor and optimize the asset Utilisation and productivity
Minimum Qualifications
- Must pass any drug screens, background checks and any pre-employments tests as applicable.
- Associate’s degree in field of welding technology
- Three years of weld Engineering experience in relevant industry
- Two years of experience in field of manual and automated welding
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in a related technical field and higher education/specialization in welding
- Five years of Weld Engineering experience in a heavy Fabrication industry
- Three years of experience in Manual and Robotic welding application as Welding Engineer
- Any additional certification as Weld Trainer would be preferred
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities & Competencies
- Proficient with welding technology, application and related processes
- Ability to Train the workforce and qualify with certifications to suit
- Understanding of the standards (ASME/AWS etc)
- Knowledge of materials, weldability and PFMEA in field of welding
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Impressive listening skills
- Ability to influence the shop floor employees to drive safe working conditions
- Ability to influence and manage the entire quality aspects of welding
- Promote innovation, creativity and technology to improve the process
- Ability to manage suppliers to deliver new technologies
- Must wear Personal Protective Equipment as required
- A good welder himself; having ability to weld manually to excellent quality standards
Physical Requirements
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to:
- Must be able to work flexible schedule, including but not limited to 12-hour shifts/7 days a week
- Must be able to regularly lift and/or move up to 10lbs, frequently and/or move up to 35lbs, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50lbs
- Must be able to perform continuous, repetitious physical activities. These activities may involve fine movements or large motions
- Must be able to grasp/pinch small items, reach out and up, and turn wrist
- Must be capable of keeping pace with current production speed
- Must be able to push/pull with reasonable force
- Must be able to perform the following requirements of bending, stooping, climbing, kneeling, and standing for extended periods of time
- Must be able to work in multiple climates including hot/cold temperatures, and dusty environment
JCB is an equal employment opportunities (EEO) employer in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. JCB complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. EEO EMPLOYER/VET/DISABLED.
JCB Inc. is not currently hiring individuals for this position who now or in the future require sponsorship for employment visa status; however, as a global company, JCB offers many job opportunities outside of the U.S. which can be found through our website at https://www.jcb.com/en-gb/about/careers.
Disclaimer: This job description is general in nature and is not designed to contain or to be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to the job.
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