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Overview

Hilton Mechanical is a growing mechanical contractor specializing in industrial piping, skid fabrication, and equipment installation. They are looking for an Ironwork Foreman who can manage a field crew while being hands-on with the work, ensuring safety and adherence to schedules.

Responsibilities

  • Direct a crew of ironworkers and helpers on structural steel and miscellaneous metals scope
  • Read and work from structural drawings, erection plans, and shop drawings
  • Lay out, fit, and erect structural steel — columns, beams, connection plates, bracing, and embed plates
  • Coordinate lifts with crane operators and riggers; plan and execute safely
  • Weld structural connections per WPS and project specifications (SMAW, FCAW)
  • Coordinate daily with the superintendent and GC on sequencing, access, and schedule
  • Enforce PPE, cleanliness, and jobsite safety compliance
  • Track crew hours, maintain production logs, and communicate material and manpower needs
  • Mentor and develop journeymen and apprentice ironworkers

Requirements

  • 5+ years of ironworker field experience in structural steel erection or heavy industrial work
  • 2+ years in a foreman or lead role directing a crew
  • Proficient reading structural drawings and erection plans
  • Qualified to rig, signal, and direct crane picks; Rigging and signalperson certification
  • Competent welder in SMAW and FCAW structural processes
  • Journeyman Ironworker card
  • Experience on commercial or industrial construction projects
  • AWS D1.1 structural weld qualification
  • Experience working alongside mechanical and piping scopes
  • Valid Georgia driver's license with a clean driving record and reliable transportation and ability to travel
  • Pass a pre-employment drug screen and background check
  • OSHA 10 or OSHA 30
  • Forklift, scissor lift, or boom lift certifications

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Travel to active construction jobsites will be needed

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
401k
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How this job compares in Alpharetta, GA

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Georgia currently run a median of $28/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $21–$32/hr across 110 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 Alpharetta, GA

Alpharetta, GA currently has 7 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 4 employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Georgia as a whole we're tracking 246 other active welding openings from 162 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Alpharetta, or widen the search to Georgia.

Hilton Mechanical Contractors, LLC currently has 3 other openings live in Georgia, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Georgia at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Mullins Mechanical (6), Aerotek (5), and Gerber Collision & Glass (5). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Georgia, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Atlanta at $29/hr, Lithia Springs at $29/hr, and Marietta at $24/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for Stick and Flux-Core work. 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. Flux-cored (FCAW) runs a hollow wire filled with flux, combining MIG-like deposition rates with the outdoor tolerance of stick. It is the workhorse on heavy structural steel and shipbuilding, where thick sections and long welds reward speed.

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

Certifications this posting mentions

  • 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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