Welder (Parks and Recreation)

At the City of Atlanta, we are passionate about building and improving our community.  Our police officers, firefighters and building inspectors keep our citizens safe. Our Public Works staff keeps our City clean and helps maintain, build and improve our City’s infrastructure.  Our City planners help envision and shape future City growth. Our Parks & Recreation professionals enhance our quality of life. 

Our engineers help keep our drinking water clean, the largest airport in the world (by passenger volume) operating and our buildings maintained.  Along with the host of Finance, Procurement, and Human Resources professionals whose support is vital, we are the City of Atlanta!   If you are seeking a meaningful role where you can make a real difference improving and growing our City, we welcome you to explore the job opportunities we have to offer.

Posting Expires: Open Until Filled

Salary: $42,000/annually 

General Description and Classification Standards 

Performs journey-level welding, machining, and fabrication of metals and special alloys for the Department of Parks and Recreation. Duties may include, but are not limited to: maintaining, repairing, designing, and modifying vehicles and construction related equipment as well as fences/gates, cages, burglar bars, plates; and constructs specialized devices, parts and structures. 

Supervision Received

 Works under direct supervision and follows standard procedures and written instructions to accomplish assigned tasks. 

Essential Duties & Responsibilities These are typical responsibilities for this position and should not be construed as exclusive or all inclusive. May perform other duties as assigned. 

Uses plans, diagrams, blueprints, and work requests to determine project design, and works with requester to ensure needs are met. Fabricates and modifies parts, equipment, and any item needed in shop or field operations to satisfy work request. Determines metals needed, welding methods, and all particulars of requested jobs; heats and tempers metals; designs, lays-out, and cuts special parts or designs jigs to develop items from ferrous and non-ferrous metals; figures angle, length, diameter, and weight of metals for specific jobs and calculates extremely close tolerances to machine work. Prepares and cleans surfaces and special parts for welding and machining; selects, positions, aligns, and bolts parts or fixtures to be welded or machined. Repairs heavy equipment such as graders, loaders, crawlers, and fabricates repair parts using lathes, milling machines, shavers, and various welders, torches, metal shears, presses, benders and rollers, air tools, saws, and drill presses; uses micrometers and precision measuring tools and all related hand and power tools. Cleans, lubricates, and repairs tools and shop equipment. Completes and maintains records and reports of materials, and time and costs involved in completing projects. Inventories and maintains supplies. May instruct and/or supervise others in the use of welding and machining equipment. 

Decision Making 

Selects from multiple procedures and methods to accomplish tasks. 

Leadership Provided 

None. May oversee temporary, contract/seasonal or lower grade workers as needed. 

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities This is a partial listing of necessary knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform the job successfully. It is not an exhaustive list. 

Knowledge of: the methods and standard practices of the welding and machinist trades; various metals and alloys. Skilled in: the use of appropriate tools and equipment in a manner consistent with safety principles; in effective communication. Ability to: determine procedures or equipment needed to accomplish task.