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Overview

RD&S is seeking a Pipe Welder to work with their construction team, installing refrigeration systems at various customer locations. The role requires maintaining a professional attitude, performing welding tasks according to specific standards, and ensuring quality throughout the installation process.

Responsibilities

  • Maintain a positive and professional attitude and appearance
  • Serve the customer’s needs through prompt, thorough and professional service
  • Understand all weld procedures used by RD&S and perform visual quality checks throughout the installation of the system
  • Complete daily/weekly work logs
  • Travel as required and stay out of town on a job up to 10 days, occasionally longer
  • Weld Carbon Steel and Stainless-Steel refrigeration pipe per RD&S WPS B31.5 standards and Structural D1.1
  • Read and understand drawings associated with the installation of an industrial refrigeration system and efficiently install sections of system as directed
  • Attend all company sponsored events
  • Attend all required company meetings, construction meetings, and monthly safety meetings
  • Supply personal hand tools and welding shield as required for this position
  • Complete the OSHA 10 online course prior to starting
  • Work on refrigeration systems that include but are not limited to: CO2 & Anhydrous Ammonia

Requirements

  • Must be a Multi-Process Welder/Fitter with the ability to pass 6G certification tests for SMAW and GTAW
  • Basic understanding of design techniques, principles, and tools necessary for the precise production of technical plans, drawings, models, and blueprints
  • Excellent ability to read and listen to assignments given in a variety of forms
  • Basic understanding of mathematics as related to welding assignments
  • Ability to get a TWIC card to work at facilities operated under Dept of Homeland Security
  • Must be able to get a clean DOT physical
  • OSHA-10 required
  • Completion of a formal apprenticeship OR successful completion of an in-company training program preferred

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO
  • 401k

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
401k
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How this job compares in Fairless Hills, PA

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Pennsylvania currently run a median of $27/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $24–$33/hr across 137 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Fairless Hills, PA

Fairless Hills, PA currently has 4 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 3 employers. 2 of them were added in the last week. Across Pennsylvania as a whole we're tracking 274 other active welding openings from 181 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Fairless Hills, or widen the search to Pennsylvania.

Refrigeration Design and Service, Inc. currently has 1 other opening live in Pennsylvania, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Pennsylvania at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Phillips Tank & Structure (8), Johnson Controls (7), and Greene Tweed (6). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Pennsylvania, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Philadelphia at $32/hr, Braddock at $31/hr, and York at $27/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for TIG and Stick work. TIG (GTAW) uses a non-consumable tungsten electrode with filler added by hand, giving the operator the most control of any process. It is slow, demanding, and the standard for stainless, aluminum, and anything where the bead has to look as good as it holds. Stick (SMAW) burns a flux-coated consumable rod and needs no shielding gas, so it works in wind, rain, and on dirty or rusted steel. That tolerance for bad conditions keeps it the default for field, structural, and repair work.

See all pipe welder openings if you want to compare this against similar roles.

Certifications this posting mentions

  • 6G — a pipe test welded on a joint fixed at a 45-degree incline. Because the torch has to travel through flat, vertical, and overhead angles in a single pass, passing 6G qualifies you for every position on pipe — which is why it is the ticket that separates pipe welders from plate welders on pay.
  • AWS D1.1 — the American Welding Society's Structural Welding Code for steel. It governs almost all building and structural steel work in the US, so a D1.1 qualification is the baseline credential for construction and ironworking.

Read straight from this posting's text. Confirm the exact qualification the employer wants before you test — requirements vary by shop even under the same code.

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