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Overview

This is a contract position for a Traveling Welder to support maintenance and repair activities at a coal-fired utility plant in Baltimore, MD. The role involves installing, troubleshooting, repairing, and maintaining production and facility equipment, with a focus on safety and teamwork.

Responsibilities

  • Install, troubleshoot, repair, and maintain production and facility equipment using preventive, predictive, and productive maintenance practices.
  • Perform cutting of steel parts using an oxy-acetylene torch in accordance with safety procedures.
  • Operate air chisels and related mechanical tools for removal and repair of metal components.
  • Carry and lift tools, equipment, and parts as needed to support maintenance and repair tasks.
  • Operate forklifts, aerial lifts, and cranes to move materials and access work areas safely.
  • Perform internal cleaning of precipitators, including removal of dust and debris, and carry out related mechanical and minor weld repairs.
  • Work inside electrostatic precipitators to clean out dirt and dust from the air-handling components.

Requirements

  • Ability to install, troubleshoot, repair, and maintain production and facility equipment in an industrial environment.
  • Proficiency using an oxy-acetylene torch to cut steel parts safely and accurately.
  • Experience operating air chisels and similar mechanical tools for metal removal and preparation.
  • Capability to carry and lift tools, equipment, and parts required for maintenance tasks.
  • Experience operating forklifts, aerial lifts, and cranes or the ability to learn under supervision.
  • Experience working in power plants, heavy industrial facilities, or similar environments.
  • Experience in mechanical maintenance, fabrication, or welding support.
  • Familiarity with electrostatic precipitators or similar air pollution control equipment.
  • Strong safety mindset and consistent use of required personal protective equipment.
  • Ability to work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary crew of mechanics and welders.
  • Willingness to work extended hours and consecutive days during shutdown periods.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • This role is based at a coal-fired utility plant in Baltimore, MD, working under on-site supervision as part of a 10-person crew composed of mechanics and welders.
  • The schedule runs continuously during the assignment period, with work hours of 12 hours per day, 6 days per week, typically from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday.
  • Travel time is paid, and you receive a single-occupancy hotel room at no cost, along with a daily per diem for meals.
  • This is a fully onsite position in Virginia Beach, VA.

Benefits

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

Pay in context

At roughly $31/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $32/hr median for welding jobs across Virginia, whose middle half runs $25–$41/hr across 78 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 46% 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 Virginia Beach, VA

Virginia Beach, 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 140 other active welding openings from 72 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Virginia.

Aerotek currently has 1 other opening 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. (17), Atlantic Constructors, Inc. (11), and Newport News 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.

Within Virginia, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Newport News at $41/hr, Norfolk at $32/hr, and Chesapeake at $27/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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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. TRAVEING WELDER- 3 WEEK PROJECT- WEEKLY PAY figures were last recalculated when this page was built.