Job Description

Overview

Nikkiso Clean Energy & Industrial Gases is a leading provider of cryogenic pumps, heat exchangers, process systems, services, and solutions for the LNG and industrial gases industry. They are seeking experienced TIG Welders at Levels I–IV to join their manufacturing team, with placement based on relevant experience and qualifications.

Responsibilities

  • Read and interpret blueprints, technical drawings, weld symbols, specifications, and work instructions.
  • Set up, adjust, and operate welding equipment and fabrication tools safely and efficiently.
  • Perform welding using applicable processes, including GTAW (TIG), SMAW, FCAW, and approved dual-process methods.
  • Weld components in various positions, including flat, horizontal, vertical, and overhead.
  • Obtain and maintain required welding qualifications, including 6G GTAW or approved dual-process qualifications.
  • Produce sound welds that meet applicable ASME code requirements, engineering specifications, and company quality standards.
  • Produce x-ray quality welds and maintain applicable radiographic testing acceptance requirements.
  • Conduct visual and dimensional inspections to verify compliance with quality standards and specifications.
  • Ensure proper welder identification is applied to all required welds.
  • Select and utilize the correct filler metals based on engineering drawings, material specifications, and welding procedures.
  • Demonstrate proper understanding and application of weld purging processes.
  • Perform material preparation, fit-up, grinding, beveling, cutting, and other fabrication activities.
  • Complete projects accurately and within established production schedules.
  • Minimize rework through proper planning, workmanship, and adherence to established procedures.
  • Operate oxy-acetylene and plasma cutting equipment safely and effectively.
  • Utilize tooling, fixtures, measuring devices, and fabrication equipment while maintaining safe work practices.
  • Operate overhead cranes safely and efficiently within authorized limits.
  • Troubleshoot welding and fabrication issues and escalate technical concerns when appropriate.
  • Work independently with a level of supervision appropriate to experience, qualifications, and position level.
  • Provide technical guidance, coaching, or support to other welders when appropriate.
  • Work overtime, including Saturdays, as required to meet production demands.
  • Adhere to all company safety policies, PPE requirements, welding procedures, and safe work practices.
  • Maintain a clean, organized, and safe work environment.

Requirements

  • Previous professional welding and fabrication experience required.
  • Experience with GTAW (TIG) and one or more additional welding processes, such as SMAW or FCAW, preferred.
  • Experience reading and interpreting blueprints, weld symbols, technical documents, and engineering drawings.
  • Experience using fabrication tools, equipment, and precision measuring devices.
  • Knowledge of applicable welding codes, standards, procedures, and safe work practices.
  • Experience producing high-quality welds in a manufacturing, fabrication, pressure vessel, piping, or similar environment.
  • Experience with ASME code welding and x-ray quality welds preferred.
  • 6G GTAW and/or applicable dual-process welding experience preferred.
  • AWS Welding Certification or other applicable welding certifications preferred.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • This job operates in a warehouse environment.
  • The role routinely utilizes the operation of material handling equipment and various tools and machinery.
  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear.
  • Specific vision abilities required include close vision and ability to adjust focus.
  • This would require the ability to lift and work with various materials and/or tools, as well as work and bend at different heights, in various temperatures, and be on feet for an extended period of time.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k

How this job compares in Murrieta, CA

Pay in context

At roughly $36/hr, this posting sits about 22% above the $29/hr median for TIG welder jobs across California — toward the top of a $25–$31/hr middle band drawn from 25 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 92% 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 Murrieta, CA

Murrieta, CA is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across California as a whole we're tracking 592 other active welding openings from 268 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across California.

Nikkiso Clean Energy & Industrial Gases currently has 4 other openings live in California, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in California at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are SpaceX (37), Vast (18), and Relativity Space (17). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within California, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Gardena at $73/hr, Redondo Beach at $72/hr, and Pasadena at $61/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

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

See all TIG welder openings if you want to compare this against similar roles.

Certifications this posting mentions

  • 6G — a pipe test welded on a joint fixed at a 45-degree incline. Because the torch has to travel through flat, vertical, and overhead angles in a single pass, passing 6G qualifies you for every position on pipe — which is why it is the ticket that separates pipe welders from plate welders on pay.
  • 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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