Specialty Welder
Location
Cameron, LA
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Posted on October 28, 2026
Job Description
Overview
Worley is a global company specializing in energy, chemicals, and resources, providing consulting, engineering, procurement, and construction services. The Specialty Welder position involves welding fabricated, cast, and forged components to assemble structural forms according to blueprints and metallurgy.
Responsibilities
- Install, modify, and make repairs to pipe, boilers, towers, exchangers, furnaces, and drums
- Set up equipment and weld either pipe, plate, or structural steel using arc, gas-shielded arc, or gas welding equipment
- Work from blueprints, sketches, and specifications
- Produce quality work with reasonable efficiency
- Perform simple piping installations and repairs
- Assist other mechanics
- Additional responsibilities not listed may be required
Requirements
- Minimum 4 years industrial construction/maintenance industry experience
- Must be able to weld flux core
How this job compares in Cameron, LA
Pay in context
This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Louisiana currently run a median of $29/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $25–$35/hr across 33 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 Cameron, LA
We're tracking 10 other active welding openings in Cameron, LA right now, from 4 different employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Louisiana as a whole we're tracking 123 other active welding openings from 71 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Cameron, or widen the search to Louisiana.
Worley currently has 6 other openings live in Louisiana, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.
The most active employers in Louisiana at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Worley (6), TIC - The Industrial Company (6), and Brown & Root (5). 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 Flux-Core. 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. Specialty Welder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.