Aluminum Pipe Welder Journeyman

Kiewit•Greenville, MS

17h•Onsite

About The Position

Plan, lay out, weld, install, test, and repair pipe and similar tubular products in accordance with applicable plans, specifications, welding codes, and industry standards. The role involves independently fitting piping and performing precise welds, coordinating with field labor, supporting prefabrication and installation, and helping ensure work meets production, quality, safety, contract, code, and design requirements. The position works at construction and industrial sites, with outdoor weather exposure and potentially noisy, dusty, confined, cluttered, or uneven work areas. The employee may need to access work areas using ladders, mechanical platforms, manlifts, or scaffolding, and may move items weighing up to 50 pounds. Irregular hours, weekends, overtime, and holidays may be required.

Requirements

May require a high school diploma or equivalent, with prior experience in the field or a related area.
Strong working knowledge, skills, and abilities for the position.
Ability to understand, follow, and transmit written and oral instructions and communicate effectively with management and supervision.
Proficient and safe use of electrical tools, hand tools, power tools, layout tools, and measurement tools.
Pass a weld test: 6-inch Schedule 80 aluminum pipe with backing in the 6G position, GMAW (MIG), using ER4043 filler wire, with bend testing.
Pass pre-access drug and alcohol testing, a fit-for-duty medical evaluation, and a background check.
Ability to stand, walk, sit, reach, stoop, kneel, crouch, and/or crawl while moving around a construction or industrial site.
Ability to climb and maintain balance on formwork, steel formwork, stairs, ladders, and scaffolds; access equipment or work areas may exceed 200 feet.
Ability to work in confined and cluttered areas and on uneven surfaces, and complete tasks in noisy and dusty environments.
Ability to move items weighing up to 50 pounds across a construction or industrial site.

Responsibilities

Plan, diagram, and lay out pipe welding work.
Coordinate with field labor crews for efficient installations.
Position welding setups, fit piping, and independently perform precise welds.
Lay out and assemble pipes to production standards and quality, safety, code, design, and specification requirements.
Repair welds and substandard welds.
Assist with coordination of prefabrication layout or installation.
Assist with rigging material.
Operate air arc gougers, grinders, stress-relieving machines, and other industry machines, tools, and equipment.
Estimate sizes, distances, quantities, time, costs, resources, or materials needed for work activities.
Inspect subordinate employees’ work for compliance with contract plans and specifications, identify deficiencies, explain them, and take corrective action as needed.
Observe and comply with safety and project rules, and perform other duties as required.