Job Description

Overview

The Pipefitter Helper 2 role involves laying out, assembling, installing, and maintaining pipe systems and related equipment according to industry standards. This intermediate-level position requires skills in reading isometric drawings, fabricating, and installing piping efficiently.

Responsibilities

  • Lay out, assemble, install, or maintain pipe systems and related equipment.
  • Read isometric drawings and take measurements.
  • Align, bolt, and clamp components of fabricated metal products for welding.
  • Assemble and secure pipes, tubes, fittings, and related equipment according to specifications.
  • Position and secure materials and workpieces during installation.
  • Distinguish varying thickness and types of metal materials.
  • Manually handle and securely apply rigging equipment.
  • Operate tools and equipment including beveling machines, cut-off grinders, hammers, torches, magnetic drills, and a Saw-Zall.
  • Layout and install equipment, vessels, skids, pumps, pipe, and supports.
  • Hydro test piping systems.

Requirements

  • May require a high school diploma or equivalent with experience in the field.
  • Must possess working knowledge, skills, and abilities for the position.
  • Ability to understand, follow, and transmit written and oral instructions.
  • Ability to use hand tools, power tools, and layout tools safely and efficiently.
  • Must be able to move about a construction site and perform physical tasks.
  • Must be able to work in a noisy and dusty environment.
  • Ability to pass pre-access drug and alcohol testing, fit for duty medical, and background check.

Additional Information

  • Work irregular hours, weekends, overtime, and holidays as required.
  • May be required to use ladders, mechanical platforms, manlifts, or scaffolds.
  • Must be able to climb and maintain balance on various structures.
  • May be required to move items weighing up to 50 pounds.

Benefits

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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 $32/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $24–$39/hr across 43 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 9 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 5 employers. 2 of them were added in the last week. Across Mississippi as a whole we're tracking 98 other active welding openings from 56 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.

TIC currently has 3 other openings 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 (13), 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.

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