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Overview

Professional Piping Systems, LLC is a Phoenix-based industrial contractor providing fabrication, mechanical, and coatings solutions, seeking experienced Combo Welders for a large-scale data center construction project. Candidates must have experience performing high-quality welds on industrial piping systems in a fast-paced construction environment.

Responsibilities

  • Perform high-quality welding on carbon steel and/or stainless steel piping.
  • Read and interpret blueprints, welding symbols, and construction drawings.
  • Complete pipe welding in accordance with project specifications and welding procedures.
  • Work with pipefitters and other trades to complete mechanical piping installations.
  • Prepare materials, joints, and surfaces for welding.
  • Maintain consistent weld quality and meet production schedules.
  • Follow all jobsite safety requirements and wear required PPE.
  • Keep welding equipment and work areas clean and organized.

Requirements

  • Previous experience as a Combo Welder in commercial, industrial, or mechanical construction.
  • Ability to perform multiple welding processes as required by the project.
  • Experience welding pipe in construction or industrial environments.
  • Ability to read and interpret welding symbols and construction drawings.
  • Ability to pass a welding test.
  • Familiarity with jobsite safety requirements and welding procedures.
  • Ability to work collaboratively with pipefitters and other construction trades.

Benefits

  • 401k
  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Pay: $45.00 - $55.00 per hour
  • Expected hours: 50.0 – 60.0 per week
  • Work Location: In person

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
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How this job compares in Wise, VA

Pay in context

At roughly $50/hr, this posting sits about 61% above the $31/hr median for welding jobs across Virginia — toward the top of a $25–$41/hr middle band drawn from 94 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 90% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Wise, VA

Wise, VA is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Virginia as a whole we're tracking 163 other active welding openings from 83 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Virginia.

Professional Piping Systems, LLC currently has 2 other openings live in Virginia, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Virginia at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Innovative Refrigeration Systems, Inc. (14), General Dynamics NASSCO (10), and Atlantic Constructors, Inc. (8). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Virginia, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Newport News at $40/hr, Norfolk at $30/hr, and Chesapeake at $27/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for Stick. 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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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Combo Welder – Data Center Construction figures were last recalculated when this page was built.