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Overview

The Shop Combo Welder position offers a competitive hourly wage of up to $37.00 based on weld qualifications. The role requires proficiency in multi-process pipe welding and experience in a Tier 1 Pipe Fabrication Shop.

Responsibilities

  • Manually guides electrode or gun along weld line to form specified depth of fusion and bead.
  • Obtains specified electrode and inserts it into portable holder or threads consumable electrode wire through portable welding gun.
  • Connects cables from welding unit to obtain specified amperage, voltage, slope, and pulse.
  • Starts power supply to produce electric current.
  • Strikes arc to generate heat and deposit metal from electrode to work piece.
  • Welds in flat, horizontal, vertical, or overhead positions.
  • Cleans or degreases weld joint or work piece using appropriate tools.
  • Repairs broken or cracked parts and fills holes.
  • Prepares broken parts for welding by grooving or scarfing surfaces.
  • Chips off excess weld, slag, and spatter using hand scraper or power chipper.
  • Preheats work piece using hand torch or heating furnace.
  • Positions and clamps work pieces together or assembles them in jig or fixture.
  • Tacks assemblies together.
  • Cuts metal plates or structural shapes.
  • May be designated according to type of equipment used as various types of welders.
  • Passes employer performance tests or standard tests to meet certification standards.
  • Works in accordance with safe job practices and complies with company safety rules.
  • Uses required personal protective equipment.
  • Reports unsafe conditions or practices.
  • Participates in safety meetings and job safety analyses.

Requirements

  • Must successfully pass the on-site Weld Test.
  • Experience in a Tier 1 Pipe Fabrication Shop is required.
  • Capable of certifying on multi-process pipe welding.
  • Proficiency in general welding processes.

Benefits

  • PTO
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • Day and Night Shift available with a 10% night shift differential.
  • This position does NOT pay per diem.

Benefits

PTO
401k
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How this job compares in Walker, LA

Pay in context

At roughly $37/hr, this posting sits about 23% above the $30/hr median for welding jobs across Louisiana — toward the top of a $25–$37/hr middle band drawn from 33 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 73% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Walker, LA

Walker, LA currently has 5 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 3 employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Louisiana as a whole we're tracking 119 other active welding openings from 70 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Walker, or widen the search to Louisiana.

The Shaw Group currently has 4 other openings live in Louisiana, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Louisiana at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Worley (10), Savard Group (8), and PALA Interstate (8). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Similar openings near Walker, LA

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Shop Combo Welder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.