Vessel Fitter/Fabricator
Location
Brusly, LA
Wage
$28 – $33/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Required Skills & Certifications
PIPE
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Posted on November 10, 2026
Job Description
Overview
We are looking for a skilled Vessel Fitter with at least 10 years of current fabrication shop experience. Our shop fabricates ASME Code pressure vessels, Skid packaged systems, and Heat exchanger shells.
Responsibilities
- Proficient in basic math.
- Must be able to create a lay-out on a vessel.
- Must be able to read and interpret engineering drawings.
- Safely operate all shop equipment.
Requirements
- Must be able to pass a Vessel Fitting test.
- Knowledge of the properties of metal and other material.
- Ability to read blueprints, schematics and manuals.
- Good at math with analytical abilities.
- Physical stamina and strength to lift heavy items.
Benefits
- 401k
- Dental
- Health Insurance
- Life Insurance
- PTO
Additional Information
- Work Location: In person
Benefits
401k
Dental
Health Insurance
Life Insurance
PTO
How this job compares in Brusly, LA
Pay in context
At roughly $31/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $28/hr median for welding jobs across Louisiana, whose middle half runs $25–$33/hr across 33 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 55% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.
The local market in Brusly, LA
Brusly, LA is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Louisiana as a whole we're tracking 157 other active welding openings from 90 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Louisiana.
Famco Enterprises, Inc. currently has 1 other opening 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 TIC - The Industrial Company (8), Worley (7), and Gulf Island (7). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.
Certifications this posting mentions
- ASME Section IX — the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code qualification. It covers welding on pressure-retaining equipment — boilers, vessels, and process piping — where a failed weld is a safety incident rather than a rework ticket.
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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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Vessel Fitter/Fabricator figures were last recalculated when this page was built.