Job Description

Overview

Miller Pipeline has been a leader in building and maintaining America’s infrastructure since 1953, specializing in underground pipeline construction and repair. The company is seeking qualified Welders to assist in various tasks related to the repair, maintenance, construction, installation, and fusion of plastic pipe and gas distribution pipelines.

Responsibilities

  • Manually guide welding gun along weld line to form specified depth of fusion and bead.
  • Weld in flat, horizontal, vertical, or overhead positions.
  • Examine weld for bead size and other specifications.
  • Apply filler rod manually to supply weld metal.
  • Clean or degrease weld joints or work piece(s).
  • Repair broken or cracked parts and fill holes.
  • Prepare broken parts for welding by grooving or scarfing surfaces.
  • Chip off excess weld, slag, and splatter.
  • Preheat work piece with hand torch or heating furnace.
  • Position and clamp work pieces together or assemble them in jig or fixture.
  • Tack together assemblies.

Requirements

  • Associate’s degree or completion certificate from two-year college or trade school; experience in lieu of education may be considered.
  • Valid driver’s license.
  • Current DOT physical.
  • 6+ months related experience and/or training.
  • Work with mathematical concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions in practical situations.
  • Interpret a variety of instructions in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
  • Drive a commercial motor vehicle (CMV) and/or CDL-required vehicle.
  • Must pass computer-based testing, specific to the local Customer’s operator.

Benefits

  • Competitive wages
  • Industry-leading benefits
  • On-the-job work and safety training
  • Employee recognition programs
  • Employee Care Fund

Benefits

Competitive wages
Industry-leading benefits
On-the-job work and safety training
Employee recognition programs
Employee Care Fund

How this job compares in Radford, VA

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Virginia currently run a median of $29/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $25–$33/hr across 122 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 Radford, VA

Radford, VA is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Virginia as a whole we're tracking 194 other active welding openings from 113 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Virginia.

The most active employers in Virginia at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are HII (10), Colonna's Shipyard (8), and Mission Technologies, a division of HII (7). 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.

Similar openings near Radford, VA

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