INVISTA

Overview

INVISTA Maintenance team is seeking a Welder/Fabricator to support the repair, maintenance, and fabrication of plant equipment and components at their site in Victoria, Texas. This role involves performing welding, fitting, and fabrication work in both shop and field environments while contributing to the site’s long-term equipment reliability.

Responsibilities

• Perform welding, fitting, and fabrication work in both shop and field environments based on site needs.
• Perform stick, MIG, and TIG welding on carbon steel, stainless steel, and specialty metals.
• Read and develop field sketches and isometric drawings, complete fabrication layouts, and execute fabrication and welding activities in accordance with applicable piping codes.
• Inspect damaged equipment and piping, develop repair scopes, and execute repairs on piping, structural components, tanks, and vessels.
• Estimate the resources and time needed to complete fabrication projects.
• Support work planning, material coordination, scheduling, and customer communication.
• Coordinate work with operations, field mechanics, and other crafts to complete jobs safely and efficiently.
• Proactively identify and implement improvements to the work backlog, processes, practices, shop tools, and procedures.
• Maintain shop equipment, complete required progression activities, and identify productive work when assigned jobs are complete.
• Work with vendors to build effective working relationships and create value for the site.

Requirements

• Industrial or manufacturing experience in welding or fabrication.
• Experience reading isometric drawings and fabricating, fitting, or welding work in accordance with applicable piping codes.
• Experience operating shop equipment such as saws and hoists.
• 5+ years of welding and/or fabrication experience in an industrial, petrochemical, oil and gas, or refinery environment.
• Experience maintaining qualifications as a code welder for piping, pressure vessels, and/or tanks.
• Experience completing intermediate or advanced fabrication layouts, including miters and rolled offsets.
• Proficiency welding titanium, Inconel, boiler tubes, or other specialty metals.
• Experience operating waterjet cutting machines.
• Experience with sheet metal fabrication.
• Experience using a maintenance workflow or computerized maintenance management system (CMMS), such as SAP or LeanKit.

Benefits

• Health Insurance
• Dental
• Vision
• PTO

Additional Information

• Availability to work scheduled or unscheduled hours, including nights, weekends, and holidays, based on business needs.
• Extended turnaround schedules may be required.
• This role is not eligible for Visa sponsorship.
• This role is subject to a pre-hire physical abilities test.
• This role is subject to the Transportation Workers Identification Credentialing (TWIC) rule and requires the successful candidate to obtain a TWIC identification badge.