Pipe Welder

M&D Mechanical Contractors • Decatur, AL

113d • $32

About The Position

The position involves using hand-welding or flame-cutting equipment to weld or join metal components, specifically pipes, or to fill holes, indentations, or seams of fabricated metal products. The successful candidate will be required to pass a weld test and must reside within 60 miles of Decatur, AL, as no per diem or relocation is available for this position. The top-out journeyman base rate is $32.00 per hour, with an additional $2.00 site-specific pay for certain projects.

Requirements

• Must pass a weld test.
• Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
• Ability to determine the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.
• Time management skills.

Responsibilities

• Operate safety equipment and use safe work habits.
• Weld components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions.
• Ignite torches or start power supplies and strike arcs by touching electrodes to metals being welded.
• Clamp, hold, tack-weld, heat-bend, grind or bolt component parts to obtain required configurations and positions for welding.
• Detect faulty operation of equipment or defective materials and notify supervisors.
• Operate manual or semi-automatic welding equipment to fuse metal segments.
• Monitor the fitting, burning, and welding processes to avoid overheating of parts.
• Examine workpieces for defects and measure workpieces with straightedges or templates.
• Recognize, set up, and operate hand and power tools common to the welding trade.
• Lay out, position, align, and secure parts and assemblies prior to assembly.
• Chip or grind off excess weld, slag, or spatter.
• Analyze engineering drawings, blueprints, specifications, sketches, work orders, and material safety data sheets.
• Connect and turn regulator valves to activate and adjust gas flow and pressure.
• Weld separately or in combination, using various metals and alloys.
• Determine required equipment and welding methods.
• Mark or tag material with proper job number and other identifying marks.
• Prepare all material surfaces to be welded.
• Select and install torches, torch tips, filler rods, and flux.
• Remove rough spots from workpieces.
• Position and secure workpieces using hoists, cranes, and hand tools.
• Clean or degrease parts using various methods.
• Repair products by dismantling, straightening, reshaping, and reassembling parts.
• Fill holes and increase the size of metal parts.
• Dismantle metal assemblies or cut scrap metal using thermal-cutting equipment.

Benefits

• Top-out journeyman base rate of $32.00 per hour.
• $2.00 site-specific pay for certain projects.

What This Job Offers

• Industry: Repair and Maintenance
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees