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Overview

Kiely Family of Companies is seeking a Welder for performing production and in-service maintenance welding for natural gas and liquid petroleum pipelines. The position requires adherence to safety and quality standards while maintaining necessary certifications.

Responsibilities

  • Perform pipeline production welding of steel pipe and associated fittings in accordance with Welding Procedure Specifications (WPS).
  • Perform in-service maintenance welding on live gas mains and fittings per WPS.
  • Maintain welder qualifications in accordance with API 1104, API 650/653, ASME B31.3, B31.4, B31.8, ASME Section IX, AWS D1.1, and customer-specific requirements.
  • Perform basic pipe fitting for pipe sizes ranging from ½” to 30”.
  • Perform tapping and stopping off of water or gas service tees from main lines.
  • Install stopples, taps, and fittings on gas service mains.
  • Maintain welding truck to ensure cleanliness, organization, and readiness.
  • Transport materials and equipment between the truck and job site.
  • Assist with trenching, installing, and backfilling sewer, water, and natural gas pipelines.
  • Enter and exit excavations of varying depths (greater than 24”).
  • Shovel or rake dirt and hot asphalt; operate jackhammers on roadways, sidewalks, and concrete surfaces.
  • Use power tools such as chop saws to cut concrete and hammer drills to core through foundations.
  • Enter basements or crawlspaces as needed to perform pipefitting or meter service work.
  • Operate tampers for excavation compaction.
  • Remove pipeline coatings from underground pipelines.
  • Consistently wear and maintain appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE).
  • Perform additional safety-sensitive duties as required.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or equivalent required.
  • Minimum of 2 years of welding experience in pipeline or industrial environments.
  • Certification(s) in accordance with API 1104 and/or relevant ASME/AWS standards.
  • Ability to read and interpret blueprints, drawings, and specifications.
  • Experience operating various power and hand tools used in welding and pipefitting.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of safety protocols and procedures.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • PTO

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
PTO
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How this job compares in New Columbia, PA

Pay in context

At roughly $33/hr, this posting sits about 17% above the $28/hr median for welding jobs across Pennsylvania — toward the top of a $24–$33/hr middle band drawn from 146 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 73% 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 New Columbia, PA

New Columbia, PA is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Pennsylvania as a whole we're tracking 286 other active welding openings from 186 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Pennsylvania.

The most active employers in Pennsylvania at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Phillips Tank & Structure (8), Greene Tweed (7), and TradeWorx (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 Pennsylvania, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Philadelphia at $35/hr and York at $27/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Certifications this posting mentions

  • AWS D1.1 — the American Welding Society's Structural Welding Code for steel. It governs almost all building and structural steel work in the US, so a D1.1 qualification is the baseline credential for construction and ironworking.
  • 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.
  • API 1104 — the American Petroleum Institute standard for welding pipelines and related facilities. It is the governing code for cross-country transmission pipeline work.

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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