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Overview

Laborer/ Welder Helper will be responsible for assisting welders and pipe fitters with fabrication and installation of pipe and equipment inside industrial facilities. Candidates will need to be punctual, goal orientated and self motivated in shop and field environments.

Responsibilities

  • Assist in the fit up of pipe joints using pipe clamps, squares, tape measures, and levels.
  • Responsible for set up of equipment, tools and materials needed to complete daily work assignments.
  • Responsible for cleanup of work area and tools following completion of work.
  • Uses grinders to clean pipe ends to be welded and to clean welds throughout the welding process.
  • Must be able to read tape measure.
  • Operate forklifts.
  • Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions.

Requirements

  • Minimum of two years of construction, oil and gas, industrial or related industry experience preferred.
  • Must be able to work overtime when required.

Additional Information

  • Job Type: Full-time
  • Pay: $16.00 - $21.00 per hour
  • Ability to Relocate: Ponca City, OK 74604: Relocate before starting work (Required)
  • Work Location: In person
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How this job compares in Ponca City, OK

Pay in context

At roughly $19/hr, this posting comes in about 26% below the $25/hr median for welding jobs across Oklahoma, where the middle half runs $21–$30/hr across 63 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 8% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.

The local market in Ponca City, OK

Ponca City, OK is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Oklahoma as a whole we're tracking 105 other active welding openings from 65 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Oklahoma.

Hurst Construction & Fabrication, LLC currently has 2 other openings live in Oklahoma, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

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. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. General Laborer figures were last recalculated when this page was built.