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Job Description

Overview

The Mechanical Journeyman supports mechanical service and retrofit work by performing sheet metal modifications, mechanical piping tasks, and ensuring strict adherence to safety protocols. This role requires high-quality workmanship in various environments including mechanical rooms and active job sites.

Responsibilities

  • Perform sheet metal modification and installation to support mechanical equipment and ducting interfaces.
  • Remove and replace pipe gaskets; prepare flange faces, align flanges, and verify proper fit-up.
  • Complete chiller valve replacements including isolation support and operational checks.
  • Install flanged pipe couplings and torque to specification using appropriate tools.
  • Execute Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) procedures to ensure safety.
  • Read and work from job documentation to complete tasks correctly.
  • Maintain a clean and safe work area and follow all safety policies.
  • Communicate job status and material needs to the supervisor.
  • Use and maintain tools and equipment properly.
  • Support troubleshooting and basic mechanical service tasks.
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How this job compares in Tucker, GA

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Georgia currently run a median of $29/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $22–$35/hr across 154 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 Tucker, GA

Tucker, GA currently has 4 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 3 employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Georgia as a whole we're tracking 392 other active welding openings from 246 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Tucker, or widen the search to Georgia.

Comfort Systems USA currently has 3 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 Brasfield & Gorrie, LLC (8), Mullins Mechanical (6), and Yancey Bros. Co. (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 Georgia, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Forest Park at $39/hr, Atlanta at $30/hr, and Marietta at $29/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Mechanical Journeyman figures were last recalculated when this page was built.