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Overview

Tradesmen International is immediately hiring experienced Industrial TIG Welders for projects located in or around the South Haven, MS area. This is a first shift opportunity with a pay rate of $30-50/hour based on experience plus $160/day per diem for Travelers 60+ miles from the job site.

Responsibilities

  • Fit, tack, and weld large-bore industrial piping and/or structural steel per drawings and ASME Section IX WPS.
  • Lay out, cut, bevel, grind, and align joints; check fit-up, root opening, and reinforcement before and after the weld.
  • Read isometric, spool, and structural drawings; work to weld maps, heat numbers, and rod-control/continuity requirements.
  • Support hanging of strut, supports, hangers, and structural members; assist with equipment set and bolt-up as needed.
  • Stage, move, and inventory pipe, fittings, structural members, filler metal, and tools; keep laydown yards and work areas orderly.
  • Open and close work areas: protection, fire watch and hot-work permits, debris removal, scrap segregation, and end-of-shift reset.
  • Follow LOTO, PPE, hot-work, and site rules; do not weld on live or unpurged systems without authorization.
  • Report damaged material, rejected welds, unsafe conditions, and drawing conflicts immediately.
  • Support punch-list, repair, and NDE hold-point work through system turnover.

Requirements

  • 3+ years welding large industrial piping and/or structural steel, completion of a recognized welding apprenticeship, or equivalent military experience.
  • Hands-on experience with GTAW (TIG) on stainless steel and/or SMAW (stick) on carbon steel.
  • Qualified to ASME Section IX, or ability to pass a pre-employment weld test to ASME Section IX.
  • Willingness to work at heights, outdoors, and on a changing data center construction site.
  • Ability to use welding machines, torches, grinders, and related hand and power tools safely.
  • Strong safety mindset and willingness to follow site procedures, including hot-work permits and LOTO.
  • Prior experience on data center, industrial, or heavy-civil construction sites.
  • Experience welding large-bore process, mechanical, or utility piping and heavy structural members.
  • Current ASME Section IX qualification (e.g. 6G) in GTAW on stainless and/or SMAW on carbon.
  • Proficiency in both TIG-on-stainless and stick-on-carbon; FCAW a plus.
  • AWS D1.1 structural welding qualification or equivalent.
  • OSHA 10 or equivalent training; TI can provide training for qualified candidates.
  • Ability to read isometric, spool, and structural drawings.
  • High school diploma or equivalency certificate.

Benefits

  • 401k
  • Health Insurance
  • PTO

Additional Information

This is a first shift opportunity. Pay rate is $30-50/hour based on experience plus $160/day per diem for Travelers 60+ miles from the job site.

Benefits

401k
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How this job compares in Atlanta, GA

Pay in context

At roughly $40/hr, this posting sits about 33% above the $30/hr median for welding jobs in Atlanta, GA — toward the top of a $22–$31/hr middle band drawn from 27 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 81% 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 Atlanta, GA

We're tracking 61 other active welding openings in Atlanta, GA right now, from 46 different employers. 3 of them were added in the last week. Across Georgia as a whole we're tracking 258 other active welding openings from 139 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Atlanta, or widen the search to Georgia.

The most active employers in Georgia at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Classic Collision (14), Southern Industrial Constructors, Inc. (10), and Gerber Collision & Glass (8). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Georgia, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Marietta at $42/hr, Forest Park at $39/hr, and Atlanta at $30/hr. Atlanta is among them.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for TIG, Stick, and Flux-Core 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.

See all TIG 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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