Combo Pipe Welder Journeyman CS/SS

Kiewit•Port Arthur, TX

7d•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 performs precise pipe-fitting and welding work in a construction or industrial setting, including coordinating with field labor, supporting prefabrication and rigging, and ensuring work meets production, quality, safety, and contract requirements. The position may require irregular hours, weekends, overtime, and holidays.

Requirements

Experience as a Combo Pipe Welder in a power plant or industrial setting.
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.
Proficiency in the safe and efficient use of electrical, hand, power, layout, and measurement tools.
Ability to pass a weld test.
Ability to pass pre-access drug and alcohol testing and a fit-for-duty medical assessment.
Observe and comply with all safety and project rules; perform other duties as required.
Ability to constantly move about a construction or industrial site and stand, walk, sit, reach, stoop, kneel, crouch, and/or crawl.
Ability to climb and maintain balance on formwork, steel formwork, stairs, ladders, and scaffolds; may need to use ladders, mechanical platforms, manlifts, or scaffolds to access work areas, potentially above 200 feet.
Ability to work in confined, cluttered, and uneven spaces and in noisy, dusty conditions.
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 weld setups, fit piping, and independently perform precise welds.
Lay out and assemble pipes according to production standards, quality and safety requirements, codes, designs, and specifications.
Repair welds and substandard welds.
Assist with coordination of prefabrication layout or installation.
Assist with rigging materials.
Operate air arc gougers, grinders, stress-relieving machines, and other industry machines, tools, and equipment.
Estimate sizes, distances, quantities, time, costs, resources, and materials needed for work activities.
Inspect subordinate work for compliance with contract plans and specifications, identify deficiencies, explain them, and take corrective action.