Back to Jobs

Job Description

Overview

Carolina Pipe Fabrication, LLC is seeking an experienced Shop Welder to contribute to their growth and innovative ideas. This role involves collaborating with talented individuals to produce high-quality work and make a difference in people's lives.

Responsibilities

  • Work with Shop Foreman and Superintendent to meet production schedule
  • Provide the best quality and productive work without constant reminder
  • Set up and review detailed drawings and materials for order
  • Perform welding procedure according to order
  • Fabricate and construct piping segments and attach fittings according to plans
  • Use hand-welding or flame-cutting equipment to weld or join metals components
  • Read a Weld Procedure Specification (WPS) to produce a weld according to requirements
  • Weld components in flat, vertical or overhead positions
  • Operate manual or semi-automatic welding equipment using various processes
  • Recognize, set-up and operate hand and power tools common to the welding trade
  • Examine work pieces for defects and measure for conformance with specifications
  • Check to ensure that each job order is accurate and complete
  • Detect faulty operation of equipment or defective materials and notify supervisors
  • Communicate with superintendent and management
  • Follow all safety policies and procedures
  • Perform other job-related duties as assigned

Requirements

  • Minimum of 3 years' pipe welding experience including MIG, TIG, and Stick procedures
  • Must be able to pass an in-house welding test (6G criteria)
  • Must have own hand tools
  • High School diploma and/or equivalent work experience required
  • Must successfully pass a background check
  • 6G Certified or ability to pass test
  • Regular and supervisory probation period required, if applicable
  • Random drug testing is required
  • Valid driver's license and clean driving record required

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Physical demands include occasional sitting, frequent stooping, and constant standing
  • Exposure to weather, extreme temperatures, high noise levels, and toxic chemicals

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO
Apply for This Position

How this job compares in Charlotte, NC

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Charlotte, NC currently run a median of $36/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $31–$36/hr across 10 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 Charlotte, NC

We're tracking 14 other active welding openings in Charlotte, NC right now, from 8 different employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across North Carolina as a whole we're tracking 130 other active welding openings from 81 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Charlotte, or widen the search to North Carolina.

MSS Solutions, LLC currently has 3 other openings live in North Carolina, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in North Carolina at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Southern Industrial Constructors, Inc. (7), Carrier Global (6), and Collins Aerospace (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 North Carolina, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Charlotte at $36/hr and Denver at $20/hr. Charlotte is among them.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG and TIG work. MIG (GMAW) feeds a continuous wire electrode through a shielding-gas nozzle. It lays down metal fast and is forgiving on clean material, which is why it dominates production and light fabrication work. 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.

Similar openings near Charlotte, NC

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Welder - Pipe Shop figures were last recalculated when this page was built.