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PDS Tech

Pipe Fabricator

Location

Ashland, VA

Wage

$19/hr

Employment Type

Full-time

Required Skills & Certifications

SteelAWS PIPEPIPE
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Posted on September 22, 2026

Job Description

Overview

PDS Tech Commercial is hiring a Fabrication Associate for a leading industrial supply company in Groveport, OH. This hands-on role is suited for candidates with manufacturing, fabrication, mechanical, or industrial experience.

Responsibilities

  • Move and organize pipe throughout the shop and yard
  • Assemble customer pipe orders
  • Operate forklifts and fabrication equipment
  • Measure, cut, thread, and bevel pipe
  • Perform quality inspections using tape measures and gauges
  • Follow safety, production, and shipping procedures
  • Maintain a clean and organized work area
  • Work as part of a team to meet production goals

Requirements

  • High School Diploma or GED
  • 6-8 months of recent manufacturing, fabrication, or machinery experience
  • Experience with band saws, pipe threaders, automatic welding machines, plasma cutting equipment, and roll groove machines
  • Ability to accurately read a tape measure
  • Experience using gauges for quality checks
  • 3-6 months of forklift experience
  • Strong attention to safety and quality
  • Ability to lift, move, and handle pipe materials

Additional Information

  • Schedule: Monday-Friday, 6:00 AM-2:30 PM
  • Occasional Saturdays and overtime available
  • Non-climate-controlled facility
  • Hot work environment during warmer months
  • Fast-paced manufacturing setting
  • Steel-toe boots required
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How this job compares in Ashland, VA

Pay in context

At roughly $19/hr, this posting comes in about 34% below the $29/hr median for welding jobs across Virginia, where the middle half runs $25–$34/hr across 96 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 4% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.

The local market in Ashland, VA

Ashland, VA is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 2 employers. Across Virginia as a whole we're tracking 139 other active welding openings from 78 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 Mission Technologies, a division of HII (7), Colonna's Shipyard (7), and Newport News Shipbuilding, A Division of HII (6). 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 $38/hr, Norfolk at $32/hr, and Virginia Beach at $30/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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