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Overview

Phillips Tank & Structure (PTS) is a nationwide tank construction company specializing in designing, engineering, repairing, and constructing above-ground metal storage tanks. They are looking to hire an Experienced Pipe Welder to provide site supervision and leadership on construction projects in Braddock, PA.

Responsibilities

  • Provide site supervision and senior leadership on construction projects.
  • Act as the point of contact with customers, vendors, and subcontractors on site.
  • Maintain safety, quality, and productivity on the jobsite.
  • Understand the contract scope of work and identify field-initiated scope changes.
  • Foster a safety culture within the crew.
  • Eliminate rejected or sloppy work to ensure quality.
  • Enhance field productivity and perform projects under budget and on time.
  • Balance customer satisfaction with project profitability.
  • Provide craft knowledge and experience to the crew.
  • Evaluate field employees and identify candidates for promotion.
  • Assist in recruiting field workers.
  • Care for and maintain all tooling and equipment.
  • Identify opportunities for improvement of company practices.
  • Represent PTS professionally to customers and employees.
  • Contribute positively to pre-construction planning efforts.
  • Communicate effectively with support staff.
  • Track project progress and communicate with project managers.
  • Ensure employees have received necessary training and certifications.
  • Complete all necessary paperwork including time sheets and audits.
  • Advise project management of potential problems and assist in resolving them.
  • Provide final project paperwork for the creation of the Final QC Book.

Requirements

  • Great communication and organization skills.
  • Ability to solve problems and suggest improvements.
  • Excellent attendance and punctuality.
  • Willingness to learn.
  • At least 18 years old.
  • Ability to lift 50 lbs.
  • High school diploma or equivalent.
  • Eligibility to work in the United States.
  • Willingness to authorize background checks.
  • No criminal convictions for dishonesty, sexual misconduct, violence, or acts of terrorism.
  • Valid driver's license.
  • Willingness to authorize motor vehicle driving record checks.
  • Willingness to submit to drug and alcohol testing.
  • Ability to weld is a plus.

Benefits

  • Competitive Pay with annual reviews
  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Work region is Braddock, PA.

Benefits

Competitive Pay with annual reviews
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Braddock, PA

Pay in context

At roughly $48/hr, this posting sits about 72% above the $28/hr median for welding jobs across Pennsylvania — toward the top of a $24–$33/hr middle band drawn from 123 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 96% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Braddock, PA

Braddock, PA currently has 9 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 3 employers. 3 of them were added in the last week. Across Pennsylvania as a whole we're tracking 209 other active welding openings from 134 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Braddock, or widen the search to Pennsylvania.

Phillips Tank and Structure - Steel Valley Fabricators currently has 3 other openings live in Pennsylvania, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Pennsylvania at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Rhoads Industries (11), Department of the Navy - Agency Wide (8), and Phillips Tank & Structure (6). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Pennsylvania, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Philadelphia at $30/hr and York at $27/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. Experienced Pipe Welder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.