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Overview

Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. is seeking a Pipe Welder 1/C to perform essential welding duties including planning, layout, installation, testing, and repair of various types of pipes in accordance with industry standards. The position requires compliance with safety regulations and the ability to work with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

  • Comply with safety, ethics, and environmental regulations while performing duties.
  • Maintain regular attendance and the ability to work flexible hours, including overtime, weekends, and holidays.
  • Review layouts, blueprints, diagrams, or work orders in preparation for welding or cutting metal components.
  • Complete welds to specified standards using appropriate equipment and materials.
  • Install and verify the operation of high-pressure steel pipes and fittings.
  • Repair and replace damaged pipes; fabricate and install metal fittings; install supports, valves, and other control equipment.
  • Use appropriate hand and power tools to measure, cut, assemble, weld, and install pipes and similar tubular products.
  • Test installed piping systems and install related items in accordance with plans and specifications.
  • Set up equipment and weld parts using various welding techniques.
  • Troubleshoot equipment.
  • Produce high-quality welds with various materials including steel, stainless, and aluminum.
  • Work with minimal supervision.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.
  • Successfully pass a 6G Stainless Steel, CUNI, & Aluminum – TIG pipe coupon test.
  • Successfully pass a 6G Carbon Steel – root and cap weld coupon test.
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How this job compares in Panama City, FL

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Florida currently run a median of $25/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $22–$30/hr across 107 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 Panama City, FL

Panama City, FL currently has 5 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 4 employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Florida as a whole we're tracking 220 other active welding openings from 140 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Panama City, or widen the search to Florida.

Eastern Shipbuilding Group currently has 4 other openings live in Florida, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Florida at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Miami, FL (16), Welding Shop in Tampa, FL (12), and Aerotek (7). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Florida, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Tampa at $36/hr, Jacksonville at $31/hr, and Clearwater at $23/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for TIG. TIG (GTAW) uses a non-consumable tungsten electrode with filler added by hand, giving the operator the most control of any process. It is slow, demanding, and the standard for stainless, aluminum, and anything where the bead has to look as good as it holds.

See all pipe welder openings if you want to compare this against similar roles.

Certifications this posting mentions

  • 6G — a pipe test welded on a joint fixed at a 45-degree incline. Because the torch has to travel through flat, vertical, and overhead angles in a single pass, passing 6G qualifies you for every position on pipe — which is why it is the ticket that separates pipe welders from plate welders on pay.

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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