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Structural Ironworker – Atlanta, GA| $2,640-$4,840/Week + Per Diem - skilled trades / artisan - job employment -...

Location

Memphis, GA

Wage

$30 – $55/hr

Employment Type

Full-time

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Posted on October 16, 2026

Job Description

Overview

The Structural Ironworker position involves working on a major AI data-center construction project in Memphis, TN, with a pay range of $30–$55 per hour based on experience. The role requires erecting structural steel and supporting equipment for various facilities within the data center.

Responsibilities

  • Erect columns, beams, bracing, joists, and metal deck for compute halls and mechanical plants.
  • Install stairs, ladders, platforms, catwalks, grating, handrail, embeds, and equipment frames.
  • Build pipe racks, mezzanines, and support steel for chilled-water piping and cable trays.
  • Rig, hoist, and set members with cranes, come-alongs, and chain falls.
  • Bolt, torque, weld, and plumb connections to drawings and AISC/AWS standards.
  • Lay out from control, check elevations and plumb, and coordinate with other trades.

Requirements

  • 2+ years of ironworking experience on commercial, industrial, or heavy-civil structural steel.
  • Ability to read structural and erection drawings and work to AISC connection details.
  • Hands-on structural bolt-up and cutting experience.
  • Safe use of aerial lifts, ladders, and material-handling equipment.
  • Ability to work at heights, outdoors, and in varying weather conditions.
  • Strong safety mindset and adherence to safety protocols.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance

Additional Information

  • Work schedule consists of 6 days a week with 12-hour shifts.
  • Day and night shifts available; must be open to either.
  • $160/day travel per diem for workers living 75+ miles from the site.
  • Possible conversion to a permanent role after 90 days.

Benefits

Health Insurance
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How this job compares in Memphis, GA

Pay in context

At roughly $43/hr, this posting sits about 52% above the $28/hr median for welding jobs across Georgia — toward the top of a $23–$37/hr middle band drawn from 93 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 89% 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 Memphis, GA

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Memphis, GA, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Georgia as a whole we're tracking 258 other active welding openings from 140 employers. Browse welding jobs across Georgia.

Welding Shop in Atlanta, GA currently has 3 other openings live in Georgia, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

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. 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. Structural Ironworker – Atlanta, GA| $2,640-$4,840/Week + Per Diem - skilled trades / artisan - job employment -... figures were last recalculated when this page was built.