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Overview

Rhoads Industries, a family-owned company since 1896, is seeking a Pipe Welder to join their team in Philadelphia. The company specializes in industrial fabrication, mechanical/maintenance, and maritime services, providing a dynamic work environment for skilled tradespeople.

Responsibilities

  • Perform pipe welding with pipe fitting experience using knowledge of codes and specifications.
  • Read and decipher work packages, work scope, engineered drawings, and PI&Ds.
  • Work with the pipe shop group focusing on quality, customer compliance, and schedule.
  • Assemble piping spools, weld, test, and ensure all shop packages are complete and compliant before presenting to QA.
  • Ensure welding equipment is in good working condition and report any malfunctions or maintenance needed.
  • Maintain personal gear for pipe welding and fitting in good condition.
  • Perform additional duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • High school graduate, related to trade school with no less than 5 years of work history/experience in this industry required.
  • Experience in GTAW processes and must qualify to pipe in the 6-G position per ASME Section IX using the GTAW process.
  • Experience in structural welding using GMAW in various positions to AWS D1.1.
  • Ability to decipher welding symbols and read work packages, drawings, PI&Ds, and blueprints.
  • Use various measuring equipment.
  • Full range of mechanical knowledge and ability to fabricate and install piping as specified.
  • 5+ years of experience.
  • Able to work in a team environment and self-motivated.
  • US Citizenship required.
  • Able to work overtime when needed.
  • Have all necessary hand tools to perform their discipline and maintain them in good working order.
  • Supply own transportation to and from Rhoads Industries and able to work within the Navy Yard and other job sites as requested.
  • OSHA /10 safety training required, with up-to-date OSHA/10 a plus.
  • Experience in MIL work per TP278 and past qualifications to TP248 is a plus.
  • Various shifts may be required, including overtime and weekends.

Additional Information

  • The performance of this position involves exposure to construction or industrial areas where personal protective equipment is required.
  • The company is located in The Navy Yard in Philadelphia.

Benefits

Health Insurance
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Rosemont, PA

Pay in context

At roughly $40/hr, this posting sits about 34% above the $30/hr median for welding jobs across Pennsylvania — toward the top of a $27–$35/hr middle band drawn from 96 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 Rosemont, PA

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Rosemont, PA, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Pennsylvania as a whole we're tracking 254 other active welding openings from 159 employers. Browse welding jobs across Pennsylvania.

Rhoads Industries currently has 11 other openings live in Pennsylvania, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Pennsylvania at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Rhoads Industries (11), Hanwha Philly Shipyard (6), and TradeWorx (6). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Pennsylvania, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Philadelphia at $30/hr and York at $25/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG and TIG work. MIG (GMAW) feeds a continuous wire electrode through a shielding-gas nozzle. It lays down metal fast and is forgiving on clean material, which is why it dominates production and light fabrication work. TIG (GTAW) uses a non-consumable tungsten electrode with filler added by hand, giving the operator the most control of any process. It is slow, demanding, and the standard for stainless, aluminum, and anything where the bead has to look as good as it holds.

See all manufacturing welder openings if you want to compare this against similar roles.

Certifications this posting mentions

  • AWS D1.1 — the American Welding Society's Structural Welding Code for steel. It governs almost all building and structural steel work in the US, so a D1.1 qualification is the baseline credential for construction and ironworking.
  • 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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