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job summary: Pipefitter Journeyman Needed!

As a Pipefitter Journeyman, you will lead commercial refrigeration installs, brazing copper pipe, wiring systems, and hanging cooler boxes.

Pay: $35-$45/hr DOE + Quarterly Bonus Sign-On: Up to $5,000 Sign-On Bonus Benefits: Health/Dental/Vision, Paid PTO & Holidays, 401(k), Paid Training & Tuition Reimbursement

What You'll Do: - Install & remodel supermarket refrigeration equipment - Weld, braze & run copper lines to specs - Read blueprints & wire installations safely

location: Virginia Beach, Virginia job type: Permanent salary: $85,000 - 100,000 per year work hours: 8am to 4pm education: High School

responsibilities:

  • Provide support on construction job by piping cooler boxes and refrigeration cases, including electrical wiring as required to complete the project.
  • Provides the required installation of pipe hangers as directed by the lead
  • Provide construction support by welding and slip-hosing copper pipes, and assist the lead as needed on the job.
  • Provide support by handing cooler box coils and installing new supermarket refrigeration systems or remodeling existing supermarket refrigeration systems.

• Perform other duties and projects as assigned. qualifications:

• Experience level: Experienced • Minimum 3 years of experience • Education: High School (required) skills: • Pipefitting (3 years of experience is required) • Construction • Refrigeration Systems • Electrical

Equal Opportunity Employer: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.

At Randstad, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact HRsupport@randstadusa.com.

Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).

This posting is open for thirty (30) days.

Benefits

401k
Dental
Vision
PTO
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How this job compares in Virginia Beach, VA

Pay in context

At roughly $44/hr, this posting sits about 59% above the $28/hr median for welding jobs in Virginia Beach, VA — toward the top of a $24–$30/hr middle band drawn from 13 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 100% 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 Virginia Beach, VA

We're tracking 17 other active welding openings in Virginia Beach, VA right now, from 12 different employers. 1 of them was added in the last week. Across Virginia as a whole we're tracking 181 other active welding openings from 109 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Virginia Beach, or widen the search to Virginia.

The most active employers in Virginia at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are HII (8), Colonna's Shipyard (8), and Mission Technologies, a division of HII (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 Virginia, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Newport News at $34/hr, Verona at $33/hr, and Norfolk at $32/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. Pipefitter Journeyman figures were last recalculated when this page was built.