Pipe Welder Journeyman CS/SS

Kiewit•Greenville, MS

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Pipe Welder Journeyman plans, lays out, welds, installs, tests, and repairs pipe and similar tubular products in accordance with applicable plans, specifications, welding codes, and industry standards. The role involves precision pipe fitting and welding, coordination with field crews, and ensuring work meets production, quality, safety, code, design, and specification requirements. The position also supports prefabrication and rigging activities and may inspect subordinate work for compliance with contract plans and specifications.

Requirements

May require a high school diploma or equivalent, along with previous years of experience in the field or a related area.
Must possess 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.
Must pass pre-access drug and alcohol testing, a fit-for-duty medical evaluation, and a background check.
Must be able to move about a construction or industrial site and stand, walk, sit, reach, stoop, kneel, crouch, and/or crawl.
Must be able to work outdoors in changing weather conditions, in noisy and dusty environments, and in confined, cluttered, or uneven areas.
May be required to use ladders, mechanical platforms, manlifts, or scaffolds to access work areas, potentially at heights exceeding 200 feet, and must be able to climb and maintain balance on formwork, steel formwork, stairs, ladders, and scaffolds.
May be required or able to move items weighing up to 50 pounds across a construction or industrial site.
Must work irregular hours, weekends, overtime, and holidays as required.

Responsibilities

Plan, diagram, and lay out pipe welding work.
Coordinate with field labor crews to support efficient installations.
Position welding 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 welding defects and substandard welds.
Assist with prefabrication layout or installation coordination.
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 work for compliance with contract plans and specifications, identify deficiencies, and explain or take corrective action.
Observe and comply with safety and project rules and perform other duties as required.