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Job Description

Overview

The Mechanical Journeyman supports mechanical service and retrofit work by performing sheet metal modifications and mechanical piping tasks, ensuring high-quality work and adherence to safety protocols in various environments.

Responsibilities

  • Perform sheet metal modification and installation to support mechanical equipment.
  • Remove and replace pipe gaskets; prepare flange faces and verify proper fit-up.
  • Complete chiller valve replacements including operational checks.
  • Install flanged pipe couplings and torque to specification.
  • 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 while using PPE.
  • Communicate job status and material needs to the supervisor.
  • Use and maintain tools and equipment properly.
  • Support troubleshooting and basic mechanical service tasks.

Requirements

  • Demonstrated hands-on experience in mechanical service, piping, HVAC mechanical, plumbing, or industrial maintenance.
  • Working knowledge of flanges, gaskets, valves, and mechanical connections.
  • Proper tool use including torque tools.
  • Jobsite safety practices and hazard awareness.
  • Ability to follow written and verbal instructions.
  • Must be able to travel to construction sites as needed.
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How this job compares in Atlanta, GA

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Atlanta, GA currently run a median of $29/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $28–$39/hr across 22 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 Atlanta, GA

We're tracking 85 other active welding openings in Atlanta, GA right now, from 66 different employers. 38 of them were added in the last week. Across Georgia as a whole we're tracking 392 other active welding openings from 246 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Atlanta, 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 Atlanta at $29/hr, Marietta at $29/hr, and Lithia Springs at $29/hr. Atlanta is among them.

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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.