Pipeline Welder

Primoris Service Corporation • Gainesville, GA

4d • Onsite

About The Position

JOB SUMMARY: Responsible for making welds that will comply with applicable code(s), and for accurate fabrication of piping configurations. ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS: Cut pipe segments to proper length and install weld fittings to proper orientation to facilitate accurate fabrication. Perform other tasks assigned by supervisor(s) which may not involve welding/cutting on pipe systems. For example, repairs to machinery, equipment, or fabrication of structural items.

Requirements

• Ability to accurately fabricate piping configurations.
• Ability to work from spool sheets, isometric drawings, or blueprints.
• Ability to perform mathematical calculations related to the work (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division).
• Pass qualification test(s) per customer requirements as well as any applicable Government (State) tests or be in possession of qualification papers that are acceptable to the Customer.
• Completion of high school is preferred.
• Some reading is required to work from drawings or spool sheets.
• Should be able to add, subtract, multiply, and/or divide to facilitate accurate dimensioning for fabricated assemblies.
• Walking/balancing and moving about on foot to perform work on rough terrain or physical impediments such as mud, ice, sand, or snow.
• Stooping, crouching, bending, kneeling, or assuming other body postures to make welds/cuts.
• Reaching overhead to make welds.
• Talking, expressing and exchanging ideas through verbal Communication as in communicating with personnel at the job site where equipment and construction noises are present and talking at high volume is required.
• Either seeing, naturally or corrected, so as to observe blueprints, sketches, or other drawings as well as to make sound welds.
• Hearing and perceiving the nature, intent and meaning of sounds including instructions, warnings and other verbal communication at job sites where construction and heavy equipment noise are present.
• Physical flexibility to allow changing of work position(s) with no significant passage of time. (20 seconds or less)
• Carrying or transporting objects, for example, boxes of welding rods or gas cylinders, usually by holding or controlling the weight with the hands or arms and/or shoulders.
• Grasping as in holding or grasping tools, controls, materials and other objects in performing essential welding functions at the job site.
• Lifting or raising objects up to 50 lbs. from a lower to a higher elevation, including equipment, materials and/or tools at a job site.
• Capable of performing heavy work (exerting up to 100 lbs. of force up to 1/3 of the time, and/or up to 50 lbs. of force up to 2/3 of the time, and/or up to 20 lbs. of force more than 2/3 of the time to move objects.)
• Climbing, ascending or descending ladders, scaffolds, or similar devices, using feet and legs and/or hands or arms, to reach higher levels of elevation at construction or job sites, often carrying tools or materials.
• Balancing, as in maintaining equilibrium while working from heights with the welding hood in the down position.
• Eye-hand-foot coordination, as in using hand and/or power tools.
• Job involves exposure to weather extremes including heat, cold, wet, wind, or humidity.
• Also involves exposure to high noise levels.
• The work may or may not be performed under shelter from any of the elements of nature.
• Some of the work will be performed in ditches.
• The work involves exposure to arc flash from the welding operation.
• The job may require working 6 or 7 days per week with 12 hour or longer workdays being required.
• This type of schedule could go on for an extended period of time.

Responsibilities

• Cut pipe segments to proper length and install weld fittings to proper orientation to facilitate accurate fabrication.
• Perform other tasks assigned by supervisor(s) which may not involve welding/cutting on pipe systems.
• Repairs to machinery, equipment, or fabrication of structural items.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees