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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 comes in about 11% below the $27/hr median for welding jobs across Alabama, where the middle half runs $19–$34/hr across 40 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 40% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.

The local market in Birmingham, AL

Birmingham, AL currently has 6 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 6 employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Alabama as a whole we're tracking 97 other active welding openings from 62 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Birmingham, or widen the search to Alabama.

Fives currently has 1 other opening 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 Blue Origin (10), Austal USA (9), and Staffmark (4). 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.

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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