Full Job Description:

We’re seeking skilled and experienced Journeyman welders to join an exciting project in Louisville, KY. These positions are available for both local and per diem workers. You must be willing to travel to Louisville, KY for approximately one year. Details are below:

As a journeyman welder, you will be expected to plan, lay-out, weld, install, test and repair all types of pipe and similar tubular products in accordance with applicable plans, specifications, welding codes and industry standards.

Markets Hiring: Louisville, KY*

*Workers from anywhere in the continental US can work on this project as long as they are willing to be in Louisville for 1 year.

Salary Range: $38 - $42 per hour + $105/day per diem for anyone outside of 50 miles from the jobsite. Nightshift earns +$1 per hour.

Shift: Five 10 hour shifts per week.

Benefits:

• 401(k)

• Dental insurance

• Health insurance

• Vision insurance

• Paid time off

• Life insurance

• Accidental death & dismemberment insurance

Qualifications

• May require a high school diploma or its equivalent with previous years of experience in the field or in a related area.

• Must possess strong working knowledge skills and abilities for position.

• Ability to understand, follow and transmit written and oral instructions and communicate effectively with management/supervision.

• Proficient in the safe and efficient use of electrical, hand tools, power tools and layout tools as well as measurement tools

Requirements

• The person in this position needs to constantly move about a construction/industrial site, so should be able to stand, walk, sit, reach, stoop, kneel, crouch, and/or crawl

• Constantly works in a construction environment and will be exposed to changing outdoor weather conditions

• Work irregular hours, weekends, overtime and holidays as required

• May be required to use ladders/mechanical platforms/manlifts/scaffold to access required equipment/work areas (may exceed 200 feet), so must be able to climb and maintain balance on formwork, steel formwork, stairs, ladders and scaffolds

• Move and work in and around confined and cluttered places, and uneven surfaces

• Must be able to complete tasks in a noisy and dusty environment

• May be required/able to move items weighing up to 50 pounds across construction/industrial site

• Must have required tools

• Must pass RMD weld test with quality

• Observe and comply with all safety and project rules, perform other duties as required

• Ability to pass pre-access drug and alcohol testing

Here’s what you’ll be doing:

• Plan, diagram and lay-out for pipe welder’s work

• Coordinate with field labor crew for efficient installations

• Position the weld set up, fit the piping and perform welds involving a high degree of precision independently

• Lay-out, and assemble pipes accurately and according to production standards, quality requirements, safety

  requirements, code, design, and specifications

• Make welding repairs and substandard welds

• Assist with coordination of any Pre-Fabrication layout or installation

• Assist with rigging of material

• Operate air arc gouger, grinder, stress relieving machine, and other industry machines, tools and equipment

• Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to

  perform a work activity.

• Inspect subordinate's work for compliance with the contract plans and specifications, point out deficiencies and

  explain and take any corrective action needed.