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Job Description

Overview

The Welder position involves planning, layout, and fitting work for the construction, maintenance, and repair of equipment and structures, utilizing various welding techniques and materials.

Responsibilities

  • Perform planning, layout, and fitting work for 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.
  • Construct elbows of various degrees and sizes up to 48 inches in diameter.
  • Ensure timely ordering and delivery of materials to work sites.
  • Perform pressure work related to steam lines and boilers subject to Coast Guard inspection.
  • Utilize templates and heavy shop machines and equipment for welding tasks.

Requirements

  • Must complete a suitability or fitness determination based on a background investigation.
  • Requires pre-employment and annual physical.
  • Ability to lift up to 50 lbs.
  • No specific length of training or experience required, but must demonstrate sufficient knowledge and skills.
  • Ability to perform welding tasks without more than normal supervision.

Additional Information

  • Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
  • Proof of U.S. Citizenship is required.
  • One year trial/probationary period may be required.
  • Direct Deposit of Pay is required.
  • Selection is subject to restrictions from the Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees.
  • Duty location is wherever the Dredge Jadwin is located.
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How this job compares in Vicksburg, 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 $24–$39/hr across 39 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 Vicksburg, MS

Vicksburg, MS currently has 6 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 5 employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Mississippi as a whole we're tracking 87 other active welding openings from 47 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.

US Army Corps of Engineers currently has 1 other opening 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 (14), Ingalls Shipbuilding, a Division of HII (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.

Similar openings near Vicksburg, MS

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