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Job Description

Overview

Southeast Connections, LLC provides inclusive infrastructure solutions for the natural gas industry, focusing on the construction and maintenance of pipeline systems. The Welder is responsible for welding tasks essential to the installation, maintenance, and repair of natural gas pipelines, ensuring compliance with safety and quality standards.

Responsibilities

  • Perform welding operations for the installation, maintenance, and repair of natural gas pipelines.
  • Operate torches, power supplies, and welding equipment to fuse metal components securely.
  • Strike arcs by touching electrodes to metal surfaces, completing electrical circuits.
  • Assist in pipeline construction, repair, and integrity maintenance.
  • Work in various environments, including job sites and fabrication shops.
  • Pass pipe welding test for various gas companies, conforming with ASME certification requirements.
  • Ensure compliance with industry regulations, safety protocols, and quality standards.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma or Equivalent required.
  • OQ (Operator Qualification) certification in pipeline welding.
  • Three (3) years of welding experience is preferred.
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Proficient knowledge of gas installation techniques and industry standards.
  • Ability to think practically and creatively to implement the best safety practices.
  • Ability to respond quickly and efficiently to emergency situations while remaining calm in a crisis.

Benefits

  • Competitive salary packages
  • Career advancement opportunities
  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Disability Insurance
  • Life Insurance
  • 401k
  • PTO
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Additional Information

  • Able and willing to work long hours including day, night, and weekend shifts as needed.
  • Able to travel to project sites typically within a 4-hour radius of the home office.
  • Able to work in outside environments being subjected to weather changes, noise, vibrations, and job hazards.

Benefits

Competitive salary packages
Career advancement opportunities
Health Insurance
Dental
Disability Insurance
Life Insurance
401k
PTO
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
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How this job compares in Chesapeake, VA

Pay in context

At roughly $24/hr, this posting comes in about 15% below the $28/hr median for welding jobs in Chesapeake, VA, where the middle half runs $25–$29/hr across 9 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 22% 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 Chesapeake, VA

We're tracking 14 other active welding openings in Chesapeake, VA right now, from 9 different employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Virginia as a whole we're tracking 171 other active welding openings from 117 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Chesapeake, or widen the search to Virginia.

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.

Certifications this posting mentions

  • ASME Section IX — the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code qualification. It covers welding on pressure-retaining equipment — boilers, vessels, and process piping — where a failed weld is a safety incident rather than a rework ticket.

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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