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Overview

The Journeyman Pipe Fitter works as a crew member, taking direction from foremen while training and guiding apprentices and helpers in the installation and demolition of mechanical piping systems. The role requires adherence to safety protocols and efficient planning for piping installations.

Responsibilities

  • Maintains safe working practices throughout all activities.
  • Trains and directs apprentices and helpers on proper work practices.
  • Loads, unloads, and moves materials such as piping, boxes, carts, trash, dollies, and containers.
  • Reads and understands project documents such as prints and specifications.
  • Plans for the most efficient method of installing piping systems.
  • Understands the safe effective operation of all necessary tools.
  • Looks for and communicates any safety issues with the foreman in each work area throughout the day.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma or GED equivalent.
  • Must have reliable transportation to travel to various jobsites.
  • Must adhere to safety protocol.
  • Must have extensive knowledge of construction hand tools.
  • Must have at least an Apprenticeship School or a Technical School degree, or a 5-year combination of Journeyman-level MEP trades experience.
  • At least 5 years of construction experience is preferred.

Additional Information

  • Work involves exposure to elements such as hot/cold temperatures, dirt, dust, and/or loud noises.
  • Work environment involves extensive exposure to construction, mechanical and electrical-related hazards or physical risks.
  • Extensive physical effort is required, including handling objects up to 50 pounds and extensive standing and walking.
  • Work requires local travel to job sites and customer locations.
  • Performance of the required duties will require physical ability to climb permanent and temporary stairs, ladders, and scaffolds.
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How this job compares in Atlanta, GA

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Atlanta, GA currently run a median of $31/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $22–$42/hr across 31 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 Atlanta, GA

We're tracking 89 other active welding openings in Atlanta, GA right now, from 60 different employers. 18 of them were added in the last week. Across Georgia as a whole we're tracking 342 other active welding openings from 204 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Atlanta, or widen the search to Georgia.

McKenney's, Inc. currently has 4 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 Classic Collision (10), Southern Industrial Constructors, Inc. (9), and JCB North America (9). 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 Forest Park at $39/hr, Atlanta at $31/hr, and Marietta at $29/hr. Atlanta is among them.

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