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Overview

Calgon Carbon | A Kuraray Company is a global leader in environmental solutions, and they are seeking a Welder II to join their team in Pittsburgh, PA. This role involves performing various welding tasks while ensuring compliance with safety policies and maintaining a clean work environment.

Responsibilities

  • Perform tack welding and finish welding of piping systems using various welding procedures.
  • Weld small vessels and structural components according to certified procedures.
  • Back-gouge using carbon-air-arc or plasma for full penetration welds.
  • Clean and polish welds to company design specifications.
  • Pass non-destructive testing of pressure retaining welds on both pipe and vessels.
  • Work from drawings/sketches to determine weld size, location, and process.
  • Inspect own work to ensure compliance with drawings and weld procedures.
  • Assist with incoming parts inspection and final product inspection.
  • Complete ASME code weld log documentation daily.
  • Operate fork trucks, jib cranes, and overhead cranes.

Requirements

  • Certification to CCC procedures required.
  • Experience with SMAW, FCAW, SAW, GTAW, and GMAW welding processes.
  • Ability to work from drawings and sketches.
  • Familiarity with ASME, API, AWS, and ANSI code certification.
  • Ability to pass non-destructive testing.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Location: Equipment & Assembly Plant -- Pittsburgh, PA
  • Hours of work: Mondays - Fridays, 6:00 AM -- 2:30 PM, 40 Hours/Week

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Pittsburgh, PA

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Pennsylvania currently run a median of $29/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $25–$35/hr across 148 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 Pittsburgh, PA

Pittsburgh, PA currently has 8 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 7 employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Pennsylvania as a whole we're tracking 312 other active welding openings from 189 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Pittsburgh, or widen the search to Pennsylvania.

Calgon Carbon Corporation currently has 2 other openings live in Pennsylvania, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Pennsylvania at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Rhoads Industries (13), Department of the Navy - Agency Wide (8), and Phillips Tank & Structure (8). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Pennsylvania, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Philadelphia at $31/hr, Braddock at $31/hr, and York at $27/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG, TIG, Stick, and Flux-Core 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.

Certifications this posting mentions

  • ASME Section IX — the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code qualification. It covers welding on pressure-retaining equipment — boilers, vessels, and process piping — where a failed weld is a safety incident rather than a rework ticket.

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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