Tech 3/Welder
Location
Lake Charles, LA
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Posted on October 14, 2026
Job Description
Overview
STRUCTURAL integrates technology-driven solutions with specialty contracting services to improve, protect, and enhance the existing infrastructure of owners. They are looking for experienced craft professionals to perform welding and fitting work in the Lake Charles, LA area and surrounding Gulf Coast.
Responsibilities
- Structural Steel Welding / fitting – experience required
- Concrete repair
- Concrete demolition
- Concrete placement and finishing
- Formwork / carpentry
- Rebar replacement
- Concrete Coating application
- Fireproofing installation
- Equipment Grouting
Requirements
- Possess a TWIC card
- Previous Industrial Plant experience
- Current Basic and Basic Plus Safety Council Training preferred
- Turnaround/Shutdown experience preferred
- Must be willing to wear a respirator
- Able to pass written or computerized industrial plant entrance tests
- Must be willing to travel to jobs outside of the Lake Charles, LA area
- Experience with a self-performing contractor, general contractor (GC), or specialty contractor
Benefits
- Health Insurance
- Dental
- 401k
- PTO
Additional Information
- Drug-free workplace with pre-employment drug testing
- Company culture promotes 24/7 safety and quality
Benefits
Health Insurance
Dental
401k
PTO
How this job compares in Lake Charles, LA
Pay in context
This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Louisiana currently run a median of $29/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $26–$35/hr across 30 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 Lake Charles, LA
Lake Charles, LA currently has 3 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 3 employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Louisiana as a whole we're tracking 101 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 Lake Charles, or widen the search to Louisiana.
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.
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