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Overview

The Field API 650 Tank Welder role involves the field erection and repair of welded steel storage tanks, requiring strong technical welding skills and a commitment to safety. The position is based in Stillwater, OK, and includes travel to various job sites.

Responsibilities

  • Erect welded steel storage tanks in accordance with API 650 standards.
  • Perform tank bottom, shell, and roof installation, ensuring proper fit-up, alignment, and weld quality.
  • Carry out carbon steel tank welding using flux-core and pulse welding processes.
  • Read, interpret, and work from blueprints, drawings, and layout specifications.
  • Perform tank fitting and layout, including marking, measuring, and positioning components.
  • Install tank appurtenances such as nozzles and manways.
  • Conduct vac box testing on welds and seams to verify integrity.
  • Follow all safety procedures and use appropriate personal protective equipment.
  • Travel to various job sites and work approximately 60 hours per week.
  • Collaborate with crew members to complete projects efficiently.

Requirements

  • Strong technical welding skills.
  • Experience with carbon steel tank welding.
  • Ability to read and interpret blueprints and drawings.
  • Commitment to safety in a construction environment.
  • Flexibility to travel and work extended hours.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Permanent position based out of Stillwater, OK.
  • Work environment is physically demanding and safety-focused.
  • Travel pay and daily per diem provided.

Benefits

PTO
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
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How this job compares in Stillwater, OK

Pay in context

At roughly $30/hr, this posting sits about 11% above the $27/hr median for welding jobs across Oklahoma — toward the top of a $23–$29/hr middle band drawn from 55 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 80% 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 Stillwater, OK

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Stillwater, OK, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Oklahoma as a whole we're tracking 110 other active welding openings from 65 employers. Browse welding jobs across Oklahoma.

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

The most active employers in Oklahoma at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Alfa Laval (7), Hayden Industrial (6), and Pro Mechanical Services (5). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Oklahoma, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Catoosa at $29/hr, Broken Arrow at $27/hr, and Tulsa at $27/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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. Field API 650 Tank Welder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.