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Overview

The Outfitter position at Hanwha Philly Shipyard involves installing and maintaining various pipe systems and ship machinery while adhering to safety procedures. The role requires a combination of technical skills in welding, pipe fitting, and assembly in a heavy industrial environment.

Responsibilities

  • Ensure compliance with safety procedures, rules, and regulations.
  • Install pipes and various pipe components.
  • Assemble, test, and install pipe packages.
  • Perform pipe welding.
  • Manufacture and install foundations.
  • Assemble, test, and install different skids.
  • Install fittings and equipment.
  • Manufacture and maintain pipelines.
  • Weld flanges, collars, penetrations, skid frames, foundations, and some pipes.
  • Assemble, connect, and test pipelines between skids and equipment.
  • Manufacture fitting pipe models.
  • Install and align ship machinery using precision measurement tools.
  • Perform as an outside machinist.
  • Use resins.
  • Read and interpret installation drawings.
  • Maintain cleanliness and organization of the workspace.
  • Participate in developing working methods and preparing investments.
  • Ensure competency in work tasks.
  • Carry out tasks according to general rules and working instructions.
  • Perform other related duties as assigned.

Additional Information

  • This is a full-time, safety-sensitive position.
  • Standard days and hours of work vary by department.
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How this job compares in Philadelphia, PA

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Philadelphia, PA currently run a median of $36/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $28–$38/hr across 20 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 Philadelphia, PA

We're tracking 59 other active welding openings in Philadelphia, PA right now, from 38 different employers. 32 of them were added in the last week. Across Pennsylvania as a whole we're tracking 283 other active welding openings from 192 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Philadelphia, or widen the search to Pennsylvania.

Hanwha Philly Shipyard currently has 7 other openings live in Pennsylvania, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Pennsylvania at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Hanwha Philly Shipyard (7), TradeWorx (7), and JB Poindexter Company (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 $36/hr and York at $27/hr. Philadelphia is among them.

Similar openings near Philadelphia, PA

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