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Overview

The Specialty Welder position involves performing welding tasks in a client facility or shop environment, emphasizing safety and quality. The role requires adherence to company policies and professionalism in all business dealings.

Responsibilities

  • Evaluate blueprints, schematics, drawings, and job specifications to determine work demands.
  • Develop materials based on isometric and orthographic drawings and modified piping systems.
  • Operate cutting torches, straightening presses, and hand tools for component redesign and dismantling.
  • Bolt, clamp, and tack-weld components in proper position for welding in accordance with codes and standards.
  • Examine finished work to ensure it is smooth, defect-free, and high functioning.
  • Fill holes, seams, and indentations in metal to maintain structural integrity.
  • Inspect and repair all equipment and tools used during the job.
  • Maintain care and cleanliness of assigned equipment and work area.
  • Follow all Company Safety, Quality Control/Quality Assurance procedures and OSHA guidelines.
  • Write routine reports and correspondence.
  • Perform basic mathematical operations and follow instructions in various forms.
  • Maintain poise and focus under time constraints and adverse conditions.
  • Attend and complete required trainings.
  • Pass all required drug/alcohol testing and background checks.
  • Perform other related duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or equivalent work experience.
  • 7+ years of related work experience or training.
  • Extensive knowledge of EGW, SMAW, SAW, FCAW, and other welding processes.
  • Experience in the petrochemical/refinery industry.
  • 10+ years of related work experience or training preferred.
  • NCCER certification preferred.
  • Class 'A' driver's license and clean MVR preferred.
  • First aid and CPR training preferred.

Additional Information

  • This is a project-based position with variable hours.
  • Overtime work is common and may be required.
  • Extensive travel throughout the U.S. and overnight stays for extended periods are expected.

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How this job compares in New Tulsa, OK

Pay in context

At roughly $23/hr, this posting comes in about 13% below the $27/hr median for welding jobs across Oklahoma, where the middle half runs $23–$30/hr across 64 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 30% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.

The local market in New Tulsa, OK

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in New Tulsa, OK, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Oklahoma as a whole we're tracking 115 other active welding openings from 68 employers. Browse welding jobs across Oklahoma.

The most active employers in Oklahoma at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Alfa Laval (8), Hayden Industrial (5), and Chart Industries, Inc. (4). 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 $27/hr, and Claremore at $25/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for Stick and Flux-Core work. 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. Flux-cored (FCAW) runs a hollow wire filled with flux, combining MIG-like deposition rates with the outdoor tolerance of stick. It is the workhorse on heavy structural steel and shipbuilding, where thick sections and long welds reward speed.

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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. ETS Specialty Welder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.