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Job Description

Shirley prides itself on attracting, developing and retaining the best employees in the industry.  We hire ambitious and dedicated professionals to fill positions at all levels of our organization.

Qualifications

2+ years' experience operating as a construction/bridge welder. Current and valid certification for ¾” and lower required. AWS D1.1 and D1.5 certification preferred, or the practical field knowledge to obtain certificates. Knowledge of construction site best practices and safety procedure. Must pass pre-employment DOT physical/drug screening. Valid drivers license with clean driving record (No major traffic violations, tickets or accidents for the last 7 years.) preferred.

Responsibilities

Operate angle grinders and other small tools to prepare parts for welding. Read and interpret standard welding notations. Select proper materials, measure and cut to specifications. Field - Field install welds, including weld pile, bearings, SIP decking and other bridge structural elements. Shop – Fabricate and repair buckets, blades, trench boxes, vehicle parts, and specialized tools. Select proper fillers for jobs based on previous experience or project instructions. Coordinate with field and/or shop for required schedule of repairs. Operator welding truck and maintains the materials, tools and equipment on the truck.

Job Type: Full-Time, Year-Round

Location: Richmond, VA Region

Working Hours: Start time is 6:00 AM. Overtime, nights and weekends may be required.

Benefits: Competitive Salary, Health, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, 401K with Company Match and Company Contribution, Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays.

Applicants must be 18 years of age and currently authorized to work in the US on a full-time basis in order to be considered.

For this role the base hourly range is $20.00-$35.00. Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s education, experience, skills, and geographic location. Base pay is one part of the Total Compensation Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Shirley Contracting (subsidiaries and affiliates) is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, age, national origin, religion, physical and mental disability, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/assignment, citizenship, pregnancy or maternity, protected veteran status, or any other status prohibited by applicable national, federal, state or local law. Shirley Contracting promotes a drug-free workplace.

Applicants have rights under Federal Employment Laws: Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA); Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA).

For more information on Equal Opportunity, you may visit this link.

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the US on a full time basis in order to be considered.

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How this job compares in Richmond, VA

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Richmond, VA currently run a median of $30/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $23–$37/hr across 10 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 Richmond, VA

We're tracking 14 other active welding openings in Richmond, VA right now, from 12 different employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Virginia as a whole we're tracking 171 other active welding openings from 117 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Richmond, or widen the search to Virginia.

The most active employers in Virginia at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are HII (6), Colonna's Shipyard (6), and Mission Technologies, a division of HII (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 Virginia, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Newport News at $41/hr, Portsmouth at $37/hr, and Norfolk at $32/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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.
  • AWS D1.5 — the Bridge Welding Code, jointly published by AWS and AASHTO. It is stricter than D1.1 on fracture toughness and inspection, and is required on most state and federal bridge work.

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