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Overview

North American Construction Services, Ltd. is hiring a full-time Welder/Fitter to join their team in Pinson/Birmingham, AL. The company specializes in innovative engineering, fabrication, and construction in the field of industrial thermal processes, offering fully-integrated, turnkey solutions.

Responsibilities

  • Verify conformance of workpieces to specifications using measuring devices.
  • Read and interpret blueprints and fabrication drawings.
  • Assemble parts via tack welding or bolting.
  • Perform mathematical calculations as needed.
  • Add bracing for welding as necessary.
  • Complete travelers, including signing and dating all required documentation.
  • Lay out all required lines and ensure they are inspected prior to fitting.
  • Check all dimensions on parts and remove contaminants prior to fitting.
  • Maintain fit-up tolerances not exceeding specified gaps without supervisor approval.
  • Clean all dog marks and broken tack welds from members prior to Quality Control inspection.
  • Mark all weld symbols on assemblies and lay out all skip welds.

Requirements

  • Minimum of five years of structural plate fitting experience.
  • Previous experience in heavy manufacturing environments.
  • Ability to read and interpret fabrication drawings, blueprints, and manuals.
  • Strong layout, measuring, and mathematical skills.
  • Demonstrated proficiency in 3G Vertical Groove Welding using the FCAW process.
  • Must successfully pass a Blueprint Reading Test.
  • Must successfully pass a 3G FCAW Welding Test.
  • Ability to produce welds that meet applicable quality and inspection standards.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • 401k
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Location: Pinson/Birmingham, AL

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How this job compares in Birmingham, AL

Pay in context

At roughly $24/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $25/hr median for welding jobs across Alabama, whose middle half runs $21–$33/hr across 66 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 42% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in Birmingham, AL

We're tracking 12 other active welding openings in Birmingham, AL right now, from 12 different employers. 3 of them were added in the last week. Across Alabama as a whole we're tracking 105 other active welding openings from 79 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Birmingham, or widen the search to Alabama.

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

The most active employers in Alabama at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are ORION (4), Blue Origin (3), and Express Employment Professionals Defunct (3). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Alabama, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Mobile at $48/hr, Birmingham at $25/hr, and Huntsville at $24/hr. Birmingham is among them.

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.

Certifications this posting mentions

  • 3G / 4G — plate position tests — 3G is welded vertically, 4G overhead. Together they demonstrate you can hold a puddle against gravity, and they are the common entry qualifications for structural and production shops.

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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