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Overview

Chart Industries is looking for a Pipe Welder to join their team in New Iberia, LA. The company specializes in advanced cryogenic equipment and values teamwork and problem-solving to meet customer challenges.

Responsibilities

  • Review and complete welds to the assigned Weld Procedure Specifications.
  • Review Weld Maps, Joint Details, and Work Instructions for the assigned task.
  • Select correct welding wire and adjust machine settings appropriately.
  • Identify different material types used for the assigned task.
  • Clean welds by grinding and brushing with power tools and hand tools.
  • Work with fitters to move, clean, clamp, prepare, and tack components.
  • Complete welds using FCAW, GMAW-Pulsed, GTAW on stainless steel, carbon steel, and aluminum alloy.
  • Complete welds on plate and tube in all positions.
  • Complete welds on plate, structural square tube, pressure retaining pipe, and vessels in all positions.
  • Complete multiple pass welds on different joint geometries.
  • Complete welds with unique sequences and different weld sizes.
  • Complete welds to meet the acceptance criteria of AWS D1.1, AWS D1.6, and ASME VIII Div. 1, ASME B31.3.
  • Verify quality of weld using visual techniques and standard inspection tools.

Requirements

  • Basic reading and math skills.
  • Able to pass ASME IX (2”, 8”, 6G, fixed 45⁰ pipe) test or ASME IX (6G, fixed 45⁰ pipe) test.
  • 3 years of experience as a welder.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • Location: New Iberia, LA, United States, 70560
  • Working at heights above 6’ with appropriate safety measures.
  • Moving, lifting, and transporting welding equipment and welding wire up to 50lbs.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
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How this job compares in New Iberia, LA

Pay in context

At roughly $28/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $29/hr median for welding jobs across Louisiana, whose middle half runs $26–$35/hr across 29 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 31% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in New Iberia, LA

New Iberia, LA currently has 4 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 3 employers. 2 of them were added in the last week. Across Louisiana as a whole we're tracking 101 other active welding openings from 57 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in New Iberia, or widen the search to Louisiana.

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

The most active employers in Louisiana at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are PALA Interstate (8), Turner Industries (7), and Worley (6). 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 MIG, TIG, and Flux-Core work. MIG (GMAW) feeds a continuous wire electrode through a shielding-gas nozzle. It lays down metal fast and is forgiving on clean material, which is why it dominates production and light fabrication 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.

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

Certifications this posting mentions

  • 6G — a pipe test welded on a joint fixed at a 45-degree incline. Because the torch has to travel through flat, vertical, and overhead angles in a single pass, passing 6G qualifies you for every position on pipe — which is why it is the ticket that separates pipe welders from plate welders on pay.
  • AWS D1.1 — the American Welding Society's Structural Welding Code for steel. It governs almost all building and structural steel work in the US, so a D1.1 qualification is the baseline credential for construction and ironworking.
  • ASME Section IX — the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code qualification. It covers welding on pressure-retaining equipment — boilers, vessels, and process piping — where a failed weld is a safety incident rather than a rework ticket.

Read straight from this posting's text. Confirm the exact qualification the employer wants before you test — requirements vary by shop even under the same code.

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