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Overview

The Assembly Welder position involves developing skills to read blueprints and perform welding applications with minimal supervision. The role is part of a team focused on assembling and repairing oilfield products while adhering to quality specifications.

Responsibilities

  • Assemble multiple components into completed skidded packages.
  • Select fabrication equipment and plan layout, assembly, and welding procedures.
  • Bolt, clamp, and tack-weld parts to secure in position for welding.
  • Repair products by dismantling, straightening, reshaping, and reassembling parts.
  • Assemble piping on skidded vessels, both threaded and non-threaded.
  • Measure and pipe wrench threaded pipe.
  • Set-up and run RT & UT Quality Vessel Weld Processes – 3 (GMAW, FCAW, GTAW).
  • Set-up and run RT Quality Pipe Weld – All Positions (6G).
  • Set-up and run UT Quality Nozzle Welds – All positions (6G).
  • Set-up and run Carbon Arc Gouging.
  • Make any UT or RT Weld Repair.
  • Clean and stamp all welds.
  • Set-up and run all structural non-code welds.
  • Know how to run all welding equipment.
  • Read drawings, WPS’s/PQR’s.
  • Utilize PT, MT, UT, RT methods.
  • Make correct decisions and work safely.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma or equivalent diploma.
  • Successful completion of welding tests and qualifications.
  • 6+ months of welding experience preferred.
  • Strong understanding of how to interpret and use blueprints, welding specifications, and welding procedures.
  • Ability to use and read welding measuring devices including squares, levels, and tape measures.
  • Knowledge of welding processes.

Additional Information

  • This is a safety-sensitive position.
  • FET participates in E-Verify.
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How this job compares in Clearfield, PA

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Pennsylvania currently run a median of $28/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $25–$35/hr across 124 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 Clearfield, PA

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Clearfield, PA, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Pennsylvania as a whole we're tracking 273 other active welding openings from 174 employers. Browse welding jobs across Pennsylvania.

The most active employers in Pennsylvania at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Hanwha Philly Shipyard (8), TradeWorx (7), and JB Poindexter Company (6). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Pennsylvania, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Philadelphia at $34/hr, York at $27/hr, and New Kensington at $22/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG, TIG, and Flux-Core work. MIG (GMAW) feeds a continuous wire electrode through a shielding-gas nozzle. It lays down metal fast and is forgiving on clean material, which is why it dominates production and light fabrication 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.

See all manufacturing 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.

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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