Welder-General Labor/ Construction
Posted on: 15 Feb 2021
Wilmington, CA
Job Description
Job Description
As a part of our continued growth we are looking for dedicated and passionate Welders. As a Welder you will be responsible for removing and repairing structural imperfections in wheels such as cracks, and breaks. Operators use sandblasting, hand rotary grinding, and welding equipment. If you like growth and working with happy, enthusiastic individuals, you'll enjoy a career with us!
Essential Job Duties:
* Operator lifts the wheel from the staging cart to the worktable for initial inspection.
* Operator lifts and carries the wheel from the worktable to the sandblasting chamber.
* Operator inspects and repairs wheels with welding and other tools, and returns it to a staging cart.
* Follow supervisor instruction and all safety policies/procedures and adhere to all personal protective equipment (PPE) policies.
* Assumes other duties as assigned.
Requirements
Education & Experience:
High School Diploma and/or GED.
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
Welding experience
Machines, Equipment, and Software:
Operator's use daily sandblasting, hand rotary grinding, and welding equipment. Operators must use several various protective equipment items all the time.
Essential Physical Demands/Work Environment:
The welding position requires for the person to stand for most of the day. He has to lift, pull small parts on a regular basis and occasionally lift up to 75 pounds. There is equipment provided for heavy materials. He also moves around and bends regularly throughout the day.
Position Type
Full-time
LKQ Corporation
Chicago, IL
LKQ Corporation is an American provider of alternative and specialty parts to repair and accessorize automobiles and other vehicles. LKQ has operations in North America, Europe and Taiwan. LKQ offers its customers a broad range of replacement systems, components, equipment and parts to repair and accessorize automobiles, trucks, and recreational and performance vehicles. As of 2018, it was #300 on the Fortune 500 list. In March of 2017, Dominick P. Zarcone was selected to become the new President and Chief Executive Office.
LKQ was initially formed in 1998 through the combination of a number of wholesale recycled products businesses located in Florida, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin. We subsequently expanded through internal development and over 220 acquisitions of aftermarket, recycled, refurbished, and remanufactured product suppliers and manufacturers; self service retail businesses; and specialty vehicle aftermarket equipment and accessories suppliers. Our most significant acquisitions include:
• 2007 acquisition of Keystone Automotive Industries, Inc., which, at the time of acquisition, was the leading domestic distributor of aftermarket products, including collision replacement products, paint products, refurbished steel bumpers, bumper covers and alloy wheels.
• 2011 acquisition of Euro Car Parts Holdings Limited ("ECP"), a vehicle mechanical aftermarket parts distribution company operating in the United Kingdom. This acquisition allowed us to expand our operations into the European automotive aftermarket business.
• 2013 acquisition of Sator Beheer B.V. ("Sator"), a vehicle mechanical aftermarket parts distribution company based in the Netherlands, with operations in the Netherlands, Belgium and Northern France. This acquisition allowed us to further expand our geographic presence into continental Europe.
• 2014 acquisition of Keystone Specialty, which expanded our product offering and increased our addressable market to include specialty vehicle aftermarket equipment and accessories.
• On December 22, 2015, LKQ announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the holding company of Rhiag-Inter Auto Parts Italia
• S.p.A (“Rhiag”), a leading pan-European business-to-business distributor of aftermarket spare parts for passenger cars and commercial vehicles. Rhiag has operations in Italy, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Hungary, Romania, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Poland and Spain. The transaction is expected to be completed in the first half of 2016 and is subject to customary closing conditions and necessary regulatory approvals.
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IndustryAutomotive
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No. of Employees45,500
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Website
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Jobs Posted10485
