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Overview

Tradesmen International is hiring experienced Industrial TIG Welders for projects in the South Haven, MS area. This first shift opportunity offers a pay rate of $30-50/hour based on experience, plus $160/day per diem for travelers over 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

  • PTO
  • Health Insurance
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • First shift opportunity.
  • Projects located in or around the South Haven, MS area.

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How this job compares in Lindale Park, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $40/hr, this posting sits about 48% above the $27/hr median for welding jobs across Texas — toward the top of a $22–$35/hr middle band drawn from 352 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 88% 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 Lindale Park, TX

Lindale Park, TX is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 976 other active welding openings from 439 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Texas.

Tradesmen International, LLC currently has 1 other opening live in Texas, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Texas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Austin Industries (33), Welding Shop in Austin, TX (22), and Zachry Group (21). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Texas, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Old Sixth Ward at $40/hr, Pasadena at $36/hr, and Dallas at $33/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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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