Class A Side Frame Fitter Welder
Claremore, OK, USA
USD 28-28 / hour
Posted on Aug 12, 2026
Class A Side Frame Fitter Welder
Job Description
A Class A Side Frame Fitter Welder is a senior-level manufacturing professional responsible for reading complex blueprints, precisely laying out, fitting, and tacking structural components, and executing high-integrity structural or pressure welds (using GMAW, FCAW, or GTAW) to build heavy side frames and industrial assemblies. Key Responsibilities
- Layout and Fitting: Read and interpret complex blueprints, engineering drawings, and work orders to lay out, position, align, and fit structural components and side frame parts within strict tolerances.
- Assembly and Tacking: Use clamps, jacks, and precision leveling equipment to bolt, fixture, and tack-weld parts securely into position prior to final
- welding.
- Welding Operations: Perform multi-position welding (flat, horizontal, vertical, and overhead) on carbon steel, stainless steel, or specialty alloys utilizing FCAW, GMAW, and GTAW processes.
- Quality and Code Compliance: Adhere to strict industrial and structural standards (such as AWS or ASME codes), verifying dimensions and weld sizes with precision measuring tools.
- Equipment Maintenance: Operate and maintain fabrication tools, torches, carbon arc gouging equipment, and power supplies in safe working order.
- Experience: Minimum of 3 to 5 years of heavy structural fitting and welding experience in a manufacturing or industrial environment.
- Certifications: Ability to successfully pass company and industry standard weld tests (AWS/ASME) in various positions.
- · Technical Skills: Exceptional blueprint reading, math comprehension, tape measurement accuracy, and proficiency with hand/power tools and cutting torches.
- · Physical Requirements: Stamina for manual labor, standing for long periods, and the ability to lift heavy metal components while wearing required personal protective equipment (PPE).
Meet Your Recruiter
Christy Wylie
Branch Manager- Claremore/Pryor
Christy has been in the staffing industry since 2005 and joined the American StaffCorp team in Claremore in 2018 as a Staffing Professional. In 2023 she was promoted to Staffing Manager overseeing the operations in Claremore and Pryor, Oklahoma. Christy has a strong focus on the relationships between her clients and the candidates she works with. She is highly involved in the Claremore community and is passionate about helping people succeed and will go the extra mile for you.