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Job Description

Overview

We are seeking a skilled and experienced Sheet Metal Journeyman who fabricates, assembles, installs, and repairs thin metal products, architectural elements, and HVAC duct systems.

Responsibilities

  • Read and interpret blue prints, mechanical plans, and technical specifications to measure, cut, bend, and shape raw sheet metal into ducts, elbows, transitions, offsets, and plenums.
  • Install rectangular and spiral ductwork, air handling units (AHUs), rooftop units (RTUs), dampers, grilles, and diffusers on commercial or residential job sites.
  • Fasten metal pieces using welding, brazing, soldering, riveting, bolting, or specialized sealants.
  • Work alongside electricians, plumbers, and general contractors while following OSHA safety standards and operating equipment like lifts and scaffolds.
  • Oversee crews, schedule daily work sequences, and estimate labor hours for assigned projects.

Requirements

  • Proven construction experience.
  • Proficiency in reading mechanical schematics and using layout math.
  • Experience with shears, brakes, benders, welders, and standard hand tools.
  • Completion of a 4-to-5-year union or trade apprenticeship, valid driver's license, and sometimes an EPA 608 Universal Certification for HVAC-related tasks.
  • Capability to lift heavy materials, work in tight spaces, and stand or climb for long periods.

Benefits

  • 401k
  • Dental
  • Health Insurance
  • Life Insurance
  • PTO
  • Vision

Additional Information

  • Work Location: In person

Benefits

401k
Dental
Health Insurance
Life Insurance
PTO
Vision
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How this job compares in Tulsa, OK

Pay in context

At roughly $35/hr, this posting sits about 35% 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 93% 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. 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 journeyman welder openings if you want to compare this against similar roles.

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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. Sheet Metal Journeyman $30-$40 figures were last recalculated when this page was built.