Pipe Welder - Shop and Field - Phillips Tank and Structure
Location
Braddock, PA
Wage
$69,275/yr
Employment Type
Full-time
Required Skills & Certifications
Posted on September 8, 2026
Location
Braddock, PA
Wage
$69,275/yr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on September 8, 2026
Phillips Tank & Structure (PTS) is a nationwide tank construction company specializing in designing, engineering, repairing, and constructing above-ground metal storage tanks and related structures. They are currently seeking a full-time Fab Shop Welder to join their team in Braddock, PA.
At roughly $33/hr, this posting sits about 19% above the $28/hr median for welding jobs across Pennsylvania — toward the top of a $24–$33/hr middle band drawn from 131 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 78% 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.
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 216 other active welding openings from 138 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.
Steel Valley Fabricators currently has 2 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.
This posting calls for Stick and Flux-Core work. Stick (SMAW) burns a flux-coated consumable rod and needs no shielding gas, so it works in wind, rain, and on dirty or rusted steel. That tolerance for bad conditions keeps it the default for field, structural, and repair work. Flux-cored (FCAW) runs a hollow wire filled with flux, combining MIG-like deposition rates with the outdoor tolerance of stick. It is the workhorse on heavy structural steel and shipbuilding, where thick sections and long welds reward speed.
See all pipe welder openings if you want to compare this against similar roles.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Pipe Welder - Shop and Field - Phillips Tank and Structure figures were last recalculated when this page was built.