Job Description

Overview

Spire is seeking a Welder to work in the Alabama operation, responsible for hand-welding or flame-cutting equipment to join metal components while following safety guidelines and using safe work habits.

Responsibilities

  • Recognizes, sets up, and operates hand and power tools common to the welding trade.
  • Operates manual or semi-automatic welding equipment to fuse metal segments using appropriate welding processes.
  • Welds components for extended periods in various positions and monitors the fitting, burning, and welding processes.
  • Examines work to ensure conformance to specifications.
  • Analyzes engineering drawings, blueprints, and specifications to plan layout, assembly, and welding operations.
  • Determines required equipment and welding methods, applying knowledge of metallurgy and welding techniques.
  • Prepares welding surfaces to be welded.
  • Performs all other duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or equivalent.
  • Five years of experience as a Pipeline Welder required.
  • Welder certification.
  • Ability to qualify on Spire Gulf’s welding procedure within 90 working days.
  • Ability to work effectively alone and with others in a group or team.
  • Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers and supervisors.
  • Must live within thirty (30) minutes of the reporting location in Mobile.

Additional Information

  • Ability to use hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools, or controls.
  • Ability to work in confined spaces and maneuver in awkward positions.
  • Ability to work outdoors, exposed to all weather conditions.
  • Requires wearing applicable protective or safety equipment.

How this job compares in Mobile, AL

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Mobile, AL currently run a median of $34/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $34–$45/hr across 8 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 Mobile, AL

We're tracking 16 other active welding openings in Mobile, AL right now, from 10 different employers. 4 of them were added in the last week. Across Alabama as a whole we're tracking 88 other active welding openings from 57 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Mobile, or widen the search to Alabama.

The most active employers in Alabama at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Blue Origin (7), Austal USA (6), and Staffmark (6). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Similar openings near Mobile, AL

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