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Overview

AdvanSix is a key player in global supply chains, providing essential products across various industries including building, construction, and electronics. The company emphasizes safety, integrity, accountability, and respect while offering competitive benefits and a dynamic work environment.

Responsibilities

  • Interpret technical drawings and recreate piping details in shop and field.
  • Bolt, clamp, and weld metal components of piping systems using arc and arc gas welding equipment.
  • Weld in flat, horizontal, vertical, or overhead positions as required.
  • Remove, fabricate, and weld fixed equipment repair panels.
  • Perform welding repairs to boiler and exchanger tubes and tube sheets.
  • Select type and size of pipe and related materials according to job specifications.
  • Select equipment and plan layouts for assembly and welding, applying knowledge of geometry and welding techniques.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or GED.
  • Licensed Journeyman-level pipefitter/welder or completion of a state certified apprenticeship program.
  • 5 years of industrial experience.
  • 5 years of experience in pipefitting and/or welding.
  • Welding experience preferred.
  • Knowledge of tools, principles, methods, and techniques in pipefitting and welding.
  • Knowledge of OSHA regulations and compliance.
  • Ability to perform minor rigging and signaling of cranes.
  • Ability to operate and maintain grinding equipment.
  • Ability to fabricate and roll plate.
  • Ability to read and interpret structural and isometric drawings.
  • Ability to perform basic math computations.
  • Ability to communicate effectively.
  • Ability to follow oral and written instructions.

Benefits

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

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
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How this job compares in Petersburg, VA

Pay in context

At roughly $47/hr, this posting sits about 22% above the $38/hr median for pipefitter jobs across Virginia — toward the top of a $34–$40/hr middle band drawn from 12 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 92% 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 Petersburg, VA

Petersburg, VA is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Virginia as a whole we're tracking 171 other active welding openings from 118 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Virginia.

AdvanSix currently has 2 other openings live in Virginia, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

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.

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