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Job Description

Overview

At Claycor Contractors Inc., we install steel pilings into the soil to strengthen foundations. The candidate will report daily to our yard in Ravenel and drive a company vehicle to various job sites welding using GMAW and SMAW.

Responsibilities

  • Weld Top Caps onto installed steel pilings.
  • Drive a company vehicle to various job sites.
  • Work well with other team members.
  • Perform other tasks as assigned by management.
  • Read structural drawings.

Requirements

  • Timely, organized, self-starter, hard-working, and dependable.
  • Valid Driver's License with a good driving history.
  • Welding certificate.
  • Ability to pass a welding test.
  • Willingness to travel in and out of state.
  • High school or equivalent (Preferred).
  • 1 year of stick welding experience (Preferred).

Benefits

  • Life insurance
  • Paid time off

Additional Information

  • Pre-employment drug screening.
  • Background check.
  • Work location is in person.

Employment Type

  • Full-time

Compensation

  • $28.00 - $35.00 per hour

Benefits

Life insurance
Paid time off
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How this job compares in Ravenel, SC

Pay in context

At roughly $32/hr, this posting sits about 13% above the $28/hr median for welding jobs across South Carolina — toward the top of a $24–$36/hr middle band drawn from 49 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 59% 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 Ravenel, SC

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Ravenel, SC, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across South Carolina as a whole we're tracking 97 other active welding openings from 77 employers. Browse welding jobs across South Carolina.

The most active employers in South Carolina at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Vertiv (4), Classic Collision (4), and Parker Hannifin (3). 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 Stick. Stick (SMAW) burns a flux-coated consumable rod and needs no shielding gas, so it works in wind, rain, and on dirty or rusted steel. That tolerance for bad conditions keeps it the default for field, structural, and repair work.

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