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Job Description

Overview

GL Skilled Staffing is seeking experienced Industrial Welders and Welding Foremen for a large-scale industrial construction project in the Memphis, TN / Southaven, MS area. The company offers competitive pay and significant overtime opportunities.

Responsibilities

  • Perform TIG and/or Stick welding on stainless steel and carbon steel piping and structural components.
  • Prepare materials, align joints, and complete welds according to project specifications.
  • Read and interpret blueprints, welding symbols, and welding procedures.
  • Coordinate daily assignments and monitor productivity.
  • Maintain quality and safety standards.

Requirements

  • Minimum of 3 years of industrial welding experience involving piping and/or structural steel.
  • Completion of a recognized welding apprenticeship program or equivalent military welding experience.
  • Proficiency in TIG/GTAW and/or Stick/SMAW welding.
  • Ability to read and interpret blueprints, welding symbols, and welding procedures.
  • Ability to pass required welding tests.
  • Ability to work 12-hour shifts, including days or nights.
  • Combo Welding experience with both TIG/GTAW and Stick/SMAW processes.
  • ASME Section IX welding experience.
  • Experience working on large-scale industrial construction projects.

Additional Information

  • Full-Time, Project-Based position.
  • Schedule: 6 days per week, 12-hour shifts (Day or Night).
  • Travel Per Diem: $5,000/month for eligible traveling employees.
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How this job compares in Tulsa, OK

Pay in context

At roughly $45/hr, this posting sits about 73% above the $26/hr median for welding jobs in Tulsa, OK — toward the top of a $22–$29/hr middle band drawn from 14 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 100% 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 Tulsa, OK

We're tracking 30 other active welding openings in Tulsa, OK right now, from 23 different employers. 2 of them were added in the last week. Across Oklahoma as a whole we're tracking 104 other active welding openings from 63 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Tulsa, or widen the search to Oklahoma.

The most active employers in Oklahoma at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are HireCall (7), American StaffCorp Job Board (6), and Alfa Laval (6). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Oklahoma, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Catoosa at $29/hr, Tulsa at $26/hr, and Claremore at $25/hr. Tulsa is among them.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for TIG and Stick 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. 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.

Certifications this posting mentions

  • 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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