Job Description

Overview

The Pipe Welder at GreenWood is responsible for leading the daily operations related to the preparation, assembly, and repair of pipe systems, ensuring adherence to safety protocols and quality standards. GreenWood is a customer-focused, integrated maintenance company operating throughout the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic states, seeking skilled professionals committed to safety and excellence.

Responsibilities

  • Assembles, inspects, tests, and repairs pipe systems used to control plant operations.
  • Ensures proper placement and alignment according to blueprints, specifications, diagrams, schematics, or instructions.
  • Performs inspections of completed pipe systems and components to determine structural and operational soundness.
  • Tests performed to locate defective components in systems, using test equipment, schematics, and maintenance manuals.
  • Joins, fabricates, and repairs metal and other materials by applying appropriate welding techniques.
  • Interprets blueprints, specifications, diagrams, or schematics to determine appropriate welding processes.
  • Inspects completed welds to determine structural soundness.
  • Conducts tests on new components, assemblies, and systems based on established test criteria.
  • Maintains accurate records of test results and provides reports to management.
  • Ensures all safety procedures, practices, and regulations are followed.
  • Maintains welding and pipefitting equipment.
  • Conducts process inspection, certification, and documentation.
  • May be required to wear a respirator while field welding of certain metals.

Requirements

  • High School graduate or GED equivalent.
  • Minimum 2-3 years production maintenance experience.
  • Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
  • Strong organizational skills.
  • Ability to prioritize with an emphasis on quality of work.
  • Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment.
  • Demonstrates a high level of customer service and strong communication skills.
  • Experience demonstrating successful support of a positive safety culture.
  • Ability to perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodations.
  • Associate degree in mechanical, electrical, or industrial maintenance preferred.
  • Greater than 3 years of experience as a maintenance technician preferred.
  • Previous TIG and stick welding experience preferred.

Benefits

  • 401k
  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO
  • Life Insurance
  • Disability Insurance
  • Prescription Insurance
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Safety Training
  • Continuous Learning Environment

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
Life Insurance
Disability Insurance
Prescription Insurance
Flexible Spending Accounts
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Safety Training
Continuous Learning Environment

How this job compares in Buffalo, WV

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across West Virginia currently run a median of $34/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $29–$39/hr across 14 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 Buffalo, WV

Buffalo, WV is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 2 employers. Across West Virginia as a whole we're tracking 25 other active welding openings from 19 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across West Virginia.

GreenWood, Inc currently has 1 other opening live in West Virginia, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in West Virginia at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Jennmar (5), Phillips Tank and Structure - Steel Valley Fabricators (2), and SHEET METAL WORKERS LOCAL 33 (2). 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 TIG and Stick 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. Stick (SMAW) burns a flux-coated consumable rod and needs no shielding gas, so it works in wind, rain, and on dirty or rusted steel. That tolerance for bad conditions keeps it the default for field, structural, and repair work.

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Similar openings near Buffalo, WV

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