Back to Jobs

Cascade General INC

Pipefitter Journey - Day Shift

Location

Portland, OR

Wage

$38.93/hr

Employment Type

Full-time

Required Skills & Certifications

Stick WeldingFlux-Core WeldingStainless SteelAluminumAWS INAWS GOVERNING6GPIPE
Apply for This Position

Posted on October 8, 2026

Job Description

Overview

Vigor Marine Group is an established partner in marine maintenance and modernization, with a national presence and a commitment to supporting defense readiness and national security. They pride themselves on being an employer of choice, offering living wage jobs and world-class services.

Responsibilities

  • Perform work as an individual or as part of a craft or multi-craft work crew with minimal supervision.
  • Exceed Journeyman standards consistently.
  • Perform GTAW, SMAW, and FCAW welding in various positions.
  • Prepare surfaces by grinding and chipping.
  • Recognize and trace various pipe systems aboard vessels.
  • Care for and safely use hand and power tools.
  • Disassemble, assemble, and repair shipboard systems.
  • Read blueprints to identify locations of pipe systems.
  • Operate pipe threading machines, pipe benders, and Oakey bevelers.
  • Lay out, target, and fabricate various pipes to quality assurance standards.
  • Test and operate hydro pumps up to 5,000 psi.
  • Determine sizes and schedules of pipes and fittings.
  • Set up and operate flushing machines.
  • Perform rigging as applicable to pipe and valve systems.
  • Make competent weldments and target pipe and hanger.
  • Comply with craft and shipyard safety and environmental measures.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or GED preferred.
  • 5 years relevant work experience.
  • Proven skills, work history, and/or applicable education will be considered in lieu of work experience.
  • Four-hour fire watch certification must be obtained within 30 days of hire.
  • HAZWOPER – First Responder Awareness Level certification.
  • Ability to read, write, speak, and comprehend English.
  • Ability to do basic math.

Additional Information

  • This role is with a federally contracted employer and is subject to regulations that restrict employment to US Persons only.
  • Vigor Industrial LLC and its subsidiaries are drug, smoke, and vape-free workplaces.

Benefits

Vision
Apply for This Position

How this job compares in Portland, OR

Pay in context

At roughly $39/hr, this posting sits about 18% above the $33/hr median for welding jobs in Portland, OR — toward the top of a $29–$38/hr middle band drawn from 14 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 79% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Portland, OR

We're tracking 23 other active welding openings in Portland, OR right now, from 15 different employers. 7 of them were added in the last week. Across Oregon as a whole we're tracking 56 other active welding openings from 38 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Portland, or widen the search to Oregon.

Cascade General INC currently has 1 other opening live in Oregon, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Oregon at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Portland, OR (8), AAON (3), and Skyline Sheet Metal, Inc (3). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Oregon, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Portland at $33/hr and Redmond at $26/hr. Portland is among them.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for Stick and Flux-Core work. 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. Flux-cored (FCAW) runs a hollow wire filled with flux, combining MIG-like deposition rates with the outdoor tolerance of stick. It is the workhorse on heavy structural steel and shipbuilding, where thick sections and long welds reward speed.

See all pipefitter openings if you want to compare this against similar roles.

Similar openings near Portland, OR

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