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An exciting career awaits you at MPC, committed to being a great place to work that welcomes new ideas and encourages diverse perspectives. St. Paul Park Refining Co. LLC has a full-time opening for a Pipe Welder with experience in SMAW & GTAW, requiring stringent quality welding and other duties as assigned.

Responsibilities

  • Fabrication of new butt welded and socket welded piping spools from ½ 'to 24' piping.
  • Read prints, P&ID’s and ISO’s.
  • Makes welding repairs to Refinery equipment as needed.
  • Installation of new piping spools.
  • Removal of old piping spools.
  • Hydro test piping spools.
  • Fabricate and install piping supports and hangers.
  • Weld Carbon steel, Stainless steel and various alloys per piping specifications using GMAW and SMAW.
  • Cut steel using a plasma cutter or torch.
  • Performs in unit repairs at customer location.
  • Follows all safety policies and procedures.
  • Complete necessary QC documents as required, Weld logs, red lines, hydro test forms.
  • Review work orders, retrieve necessary materials, inspect component materials for compliance.
  • Cut, machine, clean, prep all welding materials.
  • Work from prints and/or instructions with a minimum of supervision to weld less complex, sometimes repetitive parts and assemblies.
  • Responsible for quality control of parts produced.
  • Responsible for preparation, construction, and finishing of welds.
  • Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma or equivalent.
  • Must pass a 2” XXH pipe test in the 6G position using SMAW with RT profile for NDE.
  • A valid driver's license.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Excellent problem-solving skills.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • PTO
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • Location: St Paul Park, Minnesota
  • Job Requisition ID: 00024282
  • Grade: HRLY1
  • Location Address: 301 Saint Paul Park Rd

Benefits

Health Insurance
PTO
401k
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How this job compares in St Paul Park, MN

Pay in context

At roughly $50/hr, this posting sits about 80% above the $28/hr median for welding jobs across Minnesota — toward the top of a $25–$31/hr middle band drawn from 65 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 98% 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 St Paul Park, MN

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in St Paul Park, MN, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Minnesota as a whole we're tracking 91 other active welding openings from 62 employers. Browse welding jobs across Minnesota.

The most active employers in Minnesota at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Minneapolis, MN (8), Award Staffing (3), and U.S. Tsubaki Power Transmission, LLC (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 MIG, TIG, and Stick work. MIG (GMAW) feeds a continuous wire electrode through a shielding-gas nozzle. It lays down metal fast and is forgiving on clean material, which is why it dominates production and light fabrication 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.

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.

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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