Pipe Welder 1
Location
Lake Charles, LA
Wage
$89,862/yr
Required Skills & Certifications
MIG WeldingTIG Welding
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Posted on September 22, 2026
Job Description
Overview
The Shaw Group is seeking experienced Pipe Welders to join their Lake Charles, Louisiana team. The ideal candidate will have strong experience with GTAW/TIG and GMAW/MIG welding on stainless steel plate, focusing on producing high-quality welds in accordance with welding procedures and company quality standards.
Responsibilities
- Produce high-quality welds in accordance with welding procedures.
- Work with stainless steel plate using GTAW/TIG and GMAW/MIG welding techniques.
- Be comfortable working in multiple positions.
Requirements
- Strong experience with GTAW/TIG pipe welding.
- Strong experience with GMAW/MIG welding.
- Experience working with stainless steel plate.
Additional Information
- Location: Lake Charles, Louisiana.
How this job compares in Lake Charles, LA
Pay in context
At roughly $43/hr, this posting sits about 44% above the $30/hr median for welding jobs across Louisiana — toward the top of a $25–$37/hr middle band drawn from 35 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 94% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.
The local market in Lake Charles, LA
Lake Charles, LA currently has 4 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 4 employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Louisiana as a whole we're tracking 112 other active welding openings from 68 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Lake Charles, or widen the search to Louisiana.
The Shaw Group, LLC currently has 1 other opening live in Louisiana, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.
The most active employers in Louisiana at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are PALA Interstate (8), Worley (6), and The Shaw Group (5). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.
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.
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