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Overview

CB&I® is the world’s leading designer and builder of storage facilities, tanks, and terminals with over 60,000 structures completed in its 135+ year history. The Tank Bullganger will set up and use oxy-fuel or plasma burning equipment to cut or trim plate and structural steel.

Responsibilities

  • Operate electric and pneumatic power tools such as grinders, wire brushes, and chipping guns.
  • Perform basic and preventative maintenance functions on power equipment.
  • Use grinder and other hand or power tools required to grind, bevel, or fit metals together, and remove slag.
  • Use hand tools such as shovels, brooms, scrapers, hand brushes, files, etc.
  • Maintain work area and equipment in a clean orderly condition and follow prescribed safety procedures.
  • Unload fabricated steel products and tools from trucks.
  • Hook-on or move material around the field site by hand or with the assistance of a forklift or crane.
  • Align, fit and tack steel shapes together utilizing temporary erection gear, fit-up (pry) bars, and sledgehammers.
  • Erect and dismantle temporary scaffolding used in steel plate construction.
  • Inspect, set up, use, break down and rig equipment such as aerial work platforms (spider buggies), elevated work platforms, and staging.
  • Knowledge of Safety Equipment: Hardhat, safety glasses with side shields, full body harness with double lanyard, earplugs, respiratory protection, gloves.
  • Be able to lift 50lbs.
  • Clean work area, machines, tools, and equipment.
  • Work at heights (approx. 100ft) accessed via ladders to scaffold platforms.
  • Ability to perform duties of Safety/Firewatch as needed.

Requirements

  • Knowledge and ability to use hand and power tools associated with welding, such as chipping hammer, grinder, arc welder, and oxygen/acetylene torch.
  • Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions and blueprints.
  • Solid problem-solving skills.
  • Ability to follow instructions and work independently.
  • Ability to demonstrate accuracy and thoroughness to ensure quality of work.
  • Ability to establish and maintain healthy working relationships with people in course of work.
  • Ability to contribute and work in a team environment.
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How this job compares in Phoenix, AZ

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Phoenix, AZ currently run a median of $31/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $25–$39/hr across 96 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 Phoenix, AZ

We're tracking 208 other active welding openings in Phoenix, AZ right now, from 128 different employers. 44 of them were added in the last week. Across Arizona as a whole we're tracking 499 other active welding openings from 253 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Phoenix, or widen the search to Arizona.

CB&I currently has 2 other openings live in Arizona, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Arizona at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Sundt Construction (27), Welding Shop in Phoenix, AZ (20), and EZARC (19). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Arizona, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Chandler at $36/hr, Tempe at $32/hr, and Phoenix at $31/hr. Phoenix is among them.

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