Field Welder 1
| Verified Pay check_circle | Provided by the employer$18 - $22 per hour |
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| Hours | Full-time |
| Location | Grantsville, Maryland |
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Verified Pay check_circleProvided by the employer$17.53
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$24.26
$35.09
About this job
Job Description
Overview
In this exciting role, you’ll use your welding expertise to solve on-site design and functionality challenges for our customers. You’ll be working on a wide variety of welding, fitting, and fabrication tasks—often working without plans or drawings, coming up with creative, solution-based fixes on the fly. This hands-on role is perfect for someone who loves working in the field, thinking on their feet, and tackling new challenges every day.
Your work will span multiple industries, including industrial construction, manufacturing, power plants, and commercial sites, giving you the chance to work on diverse and impactful projects. From making repairs to installations and alterations, you’ll play a crucial role in delivering quality solutions to our customers.
We’re looking for someone with a basic understanding of industrial welding and a general knowledge construction. You’ll also need to be flexible and ready to travel to various job sites, working out of town and adapting to extended hours, including weekends, holidays, evenings, and even night shifts when needed.
Responsibilities
- Provide non-certified welding services to construction trades and to various construction, industrial and mechanical projects
- Learn a variety of skills such as concrete work, rebar, masonry, welding, carpentry, plumbing, HVAC, mechanical, rigging, excavation, ditching, trenching, etc. as required
- Learn to weld using different techniques such as SMAW, GMAW, GTAW, and oxygen acetylene cutting
- Learn to layout steel for fitting/fabrication
- Learn to read welding blueprints
Working Conditions
- Sit, talk, hear, read, and write
- Regularly walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms
- Lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
- Perform duties on-site and underground at industrial locations
- Work in extreme temperature conditions and environments
- Perform work at a variety of heights
Qualifications
- 1+ year of industrial welding experience or trade-school program completion preferred
- Valid driver’s license required
- Ability to weld components in flat, vertical, and overhead positions preferred
- Possess proven SMAW (Stick) welding skills and GTAW (TIG) welding skills – testing required
- Ability to recognize, set up, and operate hand and power tools common to the welding trade, including cutting torches, required
- Possess a strong mechanical knowledge