Job Description

Overview

Southeast Connections, LLC provides infrastructure solutions for the natural gas industry, focusing on the construction and maintenance of pipeline systems. The Welder is responsible for essential welding tasks related to the installation, maintenance, and repair of natural gas pipelines, ensuring compliance with safety and quality standards.

Responsibilities

  • Perform welding operations for the installation, maintenance, and repair of natural gas pipelines.
  • Operate torches, power supplies, and welding equipment to fuse metal components securely.
  • Strike arcs by touching electrodes to metal surfaces, completing electrical circuits.
  • Assist in pipeline construction, repair, and integrity maintenance.
  • Work in various environments, including job sites and fabrication shops.
  • Ensure compliance with industry regulations, safety protocols, and quality standards.

Requirements

  • API 1104 Certified.
  • Multiple years' (3+) experience rig welding.
  • Experience with Live Gas Work.
  • High School Diploma or Equivalent required.
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Proficient knowledge of gas installation techniques and industry standards.
  • Ability to think practically and creatively to implement the best safety practices.
  • Ability to respond quickly and efficiently to emergency situations while remaining calm in a crisis.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance.
  • Dental.
  • Disability Insurance.
  • Life Insurance.
  • 401k.
  • PTO.

Additional Information

  • Able and willing to work long hours including day, night, and weekend shifts as needed.
  • Ability to travel to project sites that are typically within a 4-hour radius of the home office.
  • Able to work in outside environments being subjected to weather changes, noise, vibrations, and job hazards.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Disability Insurance
Life Insurance
401k
PTO

How this job compares in Lebanon, TN

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Tennessee currently run a median of $28/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $22–$32/hr across 28 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Lebanon, TN

Lebanon, TN is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Tennessee as a whole we're tracking 67 other active welding openings from 47 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Tennessee.

The most active employers in Tennessee at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Nashville, TN (4), Mueller Water Products (4), and Staffmark (4). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Certifications this posting mentions

  • API 1104 — the American Petroleum Institute standard for welding pipelines and related facilities. It is the governing code for cross-country transmission pipeline work.

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.

Similar openings near Lebanon, TN

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Pipeline Rig Welder - API 1104 Certified - Live Gas figures were last recalculated when this page was built.