Job Description

Overview

SLB is seeking a proactive and highly driven individual to join our operations as a Manufacturing Welder at our facility in Mobile, AL. The role involves weld preparation, welding, and weld finishing to manufacture products according to drawings, specifications, and other forms of instruction.

Responsibilities

  • Perform manual and automatic GTAW welding in accordance with approved procedures, engineering requirements, and quality standards.
  • Perform fit-up, alignment, tack welding, preparation, and final welding of production components, assemblies, and test samples.
  • Set up and operate welding equipment, purge systems, tooling, and associated manufacturing equipment.
  • Perform fabrication, mechanical assembly, product preparation, and related manufacturing activities in support of production, testing, repair, and qualification operations.
  • Read and interpret engineering drawings, weld symbols, procedures, work instructions, and manufacturing documentation.
  • Verify traceability requirements and accurately complete production and quality records.
  • Perform visual inspections and basic dimensional verification of completed work.
  • Safely operate material handling equipment, hand tools, power tools, and measuring devices as authorized.
  • Maintain compliance with all quality, safety, environmental, and housekeeping requirements.
  • Support training, continuous improvement, troubleshooting, and other manufacturing activities as required.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma or GED required.
  • Technical welding training preferred.
  • Minimum 3 years of manufacturing, fabrication, welding, mechanical assembly, or related industrial experience.
  • Minimum 2 years of GTAW welding experience.
  • Experience performing precision fit-up, alignment, and fabrication activities.
  • Experience reading engineering drawings and manufacturing documentation.
  • Ability to perform manual GTAW welding to required quality standards.
  • Ability to perform mechanical assembly and fabrication activities.
  • Ability to interpret engineering drawings, weld symbols, and work instructions.
  • Ability to safely operate hand tools, power tools, grinders, measuring devices, and welding equipment.
  • Demonstrated attention to detail and commitment to quality workmanship.
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a production team.
  • Ability to qualify for the company's GTAW welding procedures.
  • Ability to qualify for the company's orbital welding procedures.
  • Ability to obtain forklift, overhead crane, and rigging authorizations.
  • Ability to complete all required safety training.
  • Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship.

Additional Information

  • Location: Mobile, AL

How this job compares in Mobile, AL

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Alabama currently run a median of $25/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $21–$33/hr across 67 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 Mobile, AL

We're tracking 16 other active welding openings in Mobile, AL right now, from 9 different employers. 1 of them was added in the last week. Across Alabama as a whole we're tracking 105 other active welding openings from 78 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Mobile, or widen the search to Alabama.

The most active employers in Alabama at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are ORION (4), Blue Origin (3), and Express Employment Professionals Defunct (3). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Alabama, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Mobile at $48/hr, Birmingham at $25/hr, and Huntsville at $24/hr. Mobile is among them.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for TIG. 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.

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