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Overview

Chart Industries is seeking a Structural Welder in Theodore, AL, who will independently perform moderate to complex welding activities, ensuring proper alignment and secure joints while adhering to safety and quality standards.

Responsibilities

  • Independently performs moderate to complex welding activities, including hand welding and material handling equipment.
  • Welds metal parts on fixtures including attaching jigs and clamps to hold metal parts in proper position.
  • Fits and welds metal components together, ensuring proper alignment and secure joint.
  • Determines type and gauge of steel to be welded making appropriate heat adjustments as required.
  • Uses blueprints and design sketches to ensure proper dimensions and tolerance levels.
  • Updates and maintains all required documentation associated with job responsibilities.
  • Assumes responsibility and care of assigned tools and equipment.
  • Maintains a clean work area and general housekeeping standards.
  • Understands and practices established safety and quality standard procedures.
  • Performs all tasks to ISO standards and requirements.
  • May be required to perform mass spec and visual inspections meeting stringent visual requirements.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • Minimum 3 years TIG welding experience.
  • Must pass 3G weld test and other weld tests including square butt, fillet, and groove joints.
  • Experience interpreting blueprints and bill of materials (BOM).
  • Basic math skills including weight measurement, volume, distance, multiplication and division.
  • Attention to detail essential.
  • Self-starter capable of managing workload under minimal direction and supervision.
  • Proven ability to identify, reason and problem solve non-conformities and deviations.
  • Must be able to use and accurately measure using tape measure, micrometer and calipers.
  • Overtime and weekend hours, as needed.

Additional Information

  • Shift: 2nd Shift - 5:00pm-3:30am Monday-Thursday.
  • Currently working mandatory 12 hour shifts 5p-5a Monday - Thursday.
  • Location: Theodore, AL, United States, 36582.
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How this job compares in Theodore, AL

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Alabama currently run a median of $27/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $21–$33/hr across 63 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 Theodore, AL

Theodore, AL is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 2 employers. Across Alabama as a whole we're tracking 142 other active welding openings from 92 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Alabama.

The most active employers in Alabama at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Blue Origin (18), Austal USA (8), and Staffmark (4). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Alabama, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Mobile at $40/hr and Birmingham at $25/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for TIG. 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 structural welder openings if you want to compare this against similar roles.

Certifications this posting mentions

  • 3G / 4G — plate position tests — 3G is welded vertically, 4G overhead. Together they demonstrate you can hold a puddle against gravity, and they are the common entry qualifications for structural and production shops.

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.

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