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Job Description

Overview

JAG Industrial & Marine Services is hiring Marine Pipe Fitters from cities across America for projects located at shipyards throughout the United States. Travel is required for all positions, and candidates must have 5+ years of trade-specific work experience in a physically demanding marine/industrial environment.

Responsibilities

  • Lays out, assembles, installs, and maintains pipe systems and related equipment.
  • Inspects work site to determine presence of obstructions and ascertain pipe path clearance.
  • Cuts pipe using saws, pipe cutter, cutting torch, and pipe cutting machine.
  • Assembles and installs a variety of pipes, tubes, and fittings.
  • Must be able to properly use tools of the trade such as wrenches and power threading equipment.

Requirements

  • Must have 5+ years of trade-specific work experience.
  • Must be a U.S. Citizen or National with a clean background for a minimum of 10 years.
  • Must be able to pass a 10-panel drug screen.
  • Experience working in a physically demanding environment.
  • Familiarity with OSHA regulations relative to the shipbuilding industry.

Additional Information

  • Immediate openings for short & long term assignments.
  • Per diem available for qualified applicants.
  • Potential to gross approximately $2,000.00 and above per week.
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How this job compares in Portland, OR

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Portland, OR currently run a median of $33/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $29–$39/hr across 15 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 Portland, OR

We're tracking 23 other active welding openings in Portland, OR right now, from 14 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 37 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.

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.

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