PIPEFITTER/PIPE WELDER (JOB ID 003225)
Location
Alexandria, VA
Posted on September 30, 2026
Location
Alexandria, VA
Posted on September 30, 2026
Innovien Solutions is currently hiring a Pipefitter/Pipe Welder to join the client's Delaware, Maryland, Virginia (DMV) project team. In this role, you will install, repair, and maintain steel piping systems supporting cooling towers and chiller units.
This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Virginia currently run a median of $28/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $25–$33/hr across 86 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.
This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Alexandria, VA, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Virginia as a whole we're tracking 143 other active welding openings from 72 employers. Browse welding jobs across Virginia.
The most active employers in Virginia at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are General Dynamics NASSCO (12), Innovative Refrigeration Systems, Inc. (7), and HII (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 Virginia, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Newport News at $34/hr, Norfolk at $30/hr, and Chesapeake at $28/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.
This posting calls for MIG and TIG 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.
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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. PIPEFITTER/PIPE WELDER (JOB ID 003225) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.