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Job Description

Overview

A Structural Welder raises, places, and unites girders, columns, and other structural steel members to form completed structures or structure frameworks. Yates Construction is a family-owned company ranked among the top commercial and industrial construction companies in the country, providing a wide range of construction and building services.

Responsibilities

  • Read and understand technical drawings for welding and installation.
  • Design, layout, and fabricate metal frameworks for commercial and industrial buildings.
  • Use power saws to cut metal materials into desired shapes and sizes.
  • Check angles and gap allowances using precision measuring instruments.
  • Operate electric cranes and forklifts to transport workpieces and metal components.
  • Conduct periodic preventative maintenance on equipment.
  • Employ knowledge of metallurgy and geometry for suitable welding processes.
  • Read and interpret spool sheets, schematics, and structural diagrams.
  • Carry out post-welding activities such as grinding, cleaning, and polishing.
  • Inspect and evaluate welds for defects and conformity to specifications.
  • Apply welding processes such as GMAW, FCAW, and SMAW.
  • Troubleshoot structures to identify and repair welding defects.
  • Set equipment to weld in various positions.
  • Demonstrate Yates Core Values and Principles.
  • Follow Yates Code of Conduct.
  • Refuse unsafe work and adhere to Yates Safety Procedures.
  • Report incidents, near hits, and hazards to management.
  • Wear and maintain personal PPE.
  • Advise fellow employees of hazardous situations.
  • Participate in workplace inspections and training.
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How this job compares in Hinds County, MS

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Mississippi currently run a median of $33/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $25–$39/hr across 51 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 Hinds County, MS

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Hinds County, MS, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Mississippi as a whole we're tracking 110 other active welding openings from 57 employers. Browse welding jobs across Mississippi.

Yates Construction currently has 1 other opening live in Mississippi, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Mississippi at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are HII (15), TIC - The Industrial Company (11), and Ingalls Shipbuilding, a Division of HII (8). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG, Stick, 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. 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.

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