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Job Description

Overview

Worley is a global company specializing in energy, chemicals, and resources, headquartered in Australia. The Structural Welder position involves welding and assembling various structural forms, contributing to the company's projects and sustainable solutions.

Responsibilities

  • Selects equipment and plans layouts, assembly, and welding.
  • Uses various welding processes including Gas-Metal Arc and Flux-Cored Arc.
  • Bolts, clamps, and welds metal components of products.
  • Manually applies filler rod to supply weld metal.
  • Cleans or degreases weld joints or workplaces.
  • Repairs broken or cracked parts and fills holes.
  • Removes excess weld, defective weld material, slag, and spatter.
  • Preheats work pieces using hand torch or heating furnace.
  • Cuts metal plates or structural shapes.
  • Examines weld for bead size and other specifications.

Requirements

  • Minimum 4 years industrial construction/maintenance industry experience.
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How this job compares in Cameron, LA

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Louisiana currently run a median of $30/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $25–$36/hr across 30 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 Cameron, LA

Cameron, LA currently has 9 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 3 employers. 3 of them were added in the last week. Across Louisiana as a whole we're tracking 95 other active welding openings from 58 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Cameron, or widen the search to Louisiana.

Worley currently has 5 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 PALA Interstate (7), GrayWolf (5), and The Shaw Group (5). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for Flux-Core. 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 structural welder openings if you want to compare this against similar roles.

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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. Structural Welder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.