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Overview

This position is for a Welder responsible for the fabrication, modification, repair, assembly, and installation of various types of metal and alloy parts, equipment, systems, and structures. The role involves working with equipment such as dredges, towboats, barges, and cranes.

Responsibilities

  • Perform planning, layout, and fitting work for construction, maintenance, and repair of equipment and structures.
  • Conduct sheet metal work with 30 to 16 gauge metals including galvanized iron, stainless steel, tin, copper, lead, zinc, and aluminum.
  • Determine appropriate welding techniques and select proper materials like welding electrodes or rods.
  • Construct elbows of any degree and size up to 48 inches in diameter, along with flumes, conduits, and irregular shapes.
  • Ensure material is ordered and delivered to work sites to prevent delays.
  • Perform pressure work related to steam lines and boilers subject to Coast Guard inspection and approval.
  • Utilize templates, heavy shop machines, and various tools such as sledge hammers, chisels, and cutting torches.
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How this job compares in Vicksburg, MS

Pay in context

At roughly $34/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $31/hr median for welding jobs across Mississippi, whose middle half runs $22–$39/hr across 37 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 62% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in Vicksburg, MS

Vicksburg, MS currently has 5 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 4 employers. 2 of them were added in the last week. Across Mississippi as a whole we're tracking 80 other active welding openings from 45 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Vicksburg, or widen the search to Mississippi.

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.

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