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Overview

The CS/SS Pipe Welder Journeyman position involves planning, laying out, welding, installing, testing, and repairing various types of pipe and tubular products according to industry standards and specifications. This skilled role requires precision and coordination with field crews to ensure efficient installations.

Responsibilities

  • Plan, diagram and lay-out for pipe welder’s work
  • Coordinate with field labor crew for efficient installations
  • Position the weld set up, fit the piping and perform welds involving a high degree of precision independently
  • Lay-out, and assemble pipes accurately and according to production standards, quality requirements, safety requirements, code, design, and specifications
  • Make welding repairs and substandard welds
  • Assist with coordination of any Pre-Fabrication layout or installation
  • Assist with rigging of material
  • Operate air arc gouger, grinder, stress relieving machine, and other industry machines, tools and equipment
  • Estimate sizes, distances, and quantities; or determine time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity
  • Inspect subordinate's work for compliance with the contract plans and specifications, point out deficiencies and explain and take any corrective action needed

Requirements

  • May require a high school diploma or its equivalent with previous years of experience in the field or in a related area
  • Must possess strong working knowledge skills and abilities for position
  • Ability to understand, follow and transmit written and oral instructions and communicate effectively with management/supervision
  • Proficient in the safe and efficient use of electrical, hand tools, power tools and layout tools as well as measurement tools
  • Able to meet all physical requirements
  • Must have all required tools
  • Expected to climb and work at heights and in confined spaces (may exceed 200 ft)
  • Able to work outdoors in all weather conditions
  • Able to work overtime, nights, and weekends as required by the workload
  • Observe and comply with all safety and project rules
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How this job compares in Greenville, MS

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Mississippi currently run a median of $33/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $26–$39/hr across 20 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 Greenville, MS

We're tracking 10 other active welding openings in Greenville, MS right now, from 1 employer. 1 of them was added in the last week. Across Mississippi as a whole we're tracking 60 other active welding openings from 29 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Greenville, or widen the search to Mississippi.

TIC - The Industrial Company currently has 13 other openings live in Mississippi, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Mississippi at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are TIC - The Industrial Company (13), Ingalls Shipbuilding, a Division of HII (5), and MOHR Talent (5). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Similar openings near Greenville, MS

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. *CS/SS Pipe Welder Journeyman - DBAPS figures were last recalculated when this page was built.