Structural Welder - Various Locations

Yates Construction; Mississippi; On-site; USD 48,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Yates Construction, a leading structural contractor, is seeking a Structural Welder to join our industrial team in the United States. You will read drawings, set up welds, and assemble girders, beams, columns, and other steel components to form complete structures.

The role requires familiarity with GMAW, FCAW, and SMAW processes, plus the ability to operate cranes and forklifts, inspect welds, and perform finishing work.

Qualifications

• Four (4) + years of heavy industrial-related structural welding experience.
• Two (2) years of experience with an accredited structural welding program.
• Welding school associate degree or equivalent on-the-job training.
• Proficiency in welding and cutting operations.
• Capable of using torqueing equipment (pneumatic/hydraulic).

Responsibilities

• Read and interpret technical drawings to perform welding and installation.
• Design, layout, and fabricate metal frameworks for commercial and industrial buildings.
• Use power saws to cut metal and verify joints with precision measuring tools.
• Operate electric cranes and forklifts to move workpieces and components.
• Perform post-weld grinding, cleaning, and polishing.
• Inspect welds for defects and ensure conformance to specifications.
• Set welding parameters for vertical, horizontal, flat, or overhead positions.
• Follow safety procedures and wear PPE.
• Read spool sheets, schematics, and other structural diagrams.
• Troubleshoot welding defects.

Skills

Blueprint reading

Welding

Measuring tools

Equipment operation

Safety compliance

Education

Welding certification

Welding school training

Tools

GMAW

FCAW

SMAW

Job description

Job Summary

A Structural Welder raises, places, and unites girders, columns, and other structural steel members to form completed structures or structure frameworks.

Overview Of Primary Duties

• Reading and understanding technical drawings to perform welding and installation, involves cutting, repairing, and assembling of girders, beams, columns, and other building components to form complete structures.
• Responsible for the design, layout, and fabrication of metal frameworks for commercial and industrial buildings.
• Use power saws in cutting metal materials into desired shapes and sizes, also check angles and gap allowances using precision measuring instruments such as micrometers and calipers.
• Operate electric cranes and forklifts to transport workpieces and metal components.
• Conduct periodic preventative maintenance such as lubricating moving parts to ensure efficient operations.
• They employ their knowledge of metallurgy and geometry to determine the most suitable welding process or configuration for a project
• Part of their responsibilities, structural welders read and interpret spool sheets, schematics, and other structural diagrams
• Carry out post-welding activities such as grinding, cleaning, and polishing of workpieces.
• Inspect and evaluate welds to ensure they are free of defects and conform to set specifications.
• Apply welding processes such as GMAW (Gas Metal Arc Welding), FCAW (Flux Core Arc Welding), and SMAW (Shielded Metal Arc Welding)
• Troubleshoot structures to identify and initiate repair of welding defects.
• Set equipment to weld in vertical, horizontal, flat, or overhead positions.
• Demonstrate Yates Core Values and Principles
• Follow Yates Code of Conduct
• Safety Responsibilities and Expectations

• Responsible for refusing unsafe work and for carrying out all work by the established Yates Safety Procedures and Work Practices
• Report all incidents, near hits, and hazards to management.
• Required to wear and maintain personal PPE.
• Advise fellow employees of hazardous situations.
• Participate in workplace inspections.
• Comply with statutory requirements, including duty of care.
• Participate in required and assigned training.
• Provide suggestions to improve Safety.
• Present a mature approach to working safely.
• Attend prestart and Safety meetings and contribute.

• Other related duties as needed and assigned by Field Supervision.
• This is not an all-inclusive list of tasks an employee may be asked to do. Employees are expected to complete any tasks they are assigned.

Qualifications

• Four (4) + years of heavy industrial-related structural welding experience
• Two (2) years of experience with successful completion of an accredited structural welding program.
• Welding school associate degree or equivalent on-the-job training.
• Proficiency in welding/cutting.
• Be capable of using torqueing equipment such as pneumatic guns and hydraulic torqueing equipment.

Requirements

• Must be able to read and follow a welding procedure.
• Ability to read and interpret instructions and document, plan, and perform work activities independently
• The degree of job responsibilities and requirements may vary depending on months of experience
• Personal hand tools required for craft as established on the Yates Industrial Minimum Tool List
• Successful completion of required Safety training to include, but not limited to, Confined Space, LOTO, and Working at Heights

Physical Demands/Essential Job Functions

This job description reflects an assignment of essential functions; it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned. This is not an all-inclusive list of functions that an employee may be asked to do. Employees are expected to complete any tasks they are assigned. Physical requirements for this role may include but are not limited to:

• All weather conditions at varying temperatures
• Work at varying elevations
• Will work in windy and dusty environments
• Moderate to high noise levels
• The project site will contain light to heavy equipment vehicles, small to large equipment, materials, communication equipment, and tools
• Ability to hear bells, whistles, and alarms
• Required to wear safety-approved body harnesses when working at 4' or above
• Required to adhere to large amounts of standing, walking, bending, squatting, climbing, and lifting
• Ability to talk and hear to communicate
• Will use arms and hands to signal, grab, hold, turn, push, and pull objects, materials, controls, and tools
• Must be able to lift, carry, and move heavy objects up to 25 lbs.
• Will use vision abilities to focus, see short and long distances, colors, depth perception, and peripheral vision

About Yates Construction

Ranked among the top commercial and industrial construction companies in the country by Engineering News-Record, Yates Construction is family-owned. It provides a wide range of construction and building services. Incorporated in 1964 by William G. Yates Jr., we have steadily grown to become one of the nation's top commercial and industrial construction companies. We are financially sound, with a significant bonding capacity and vast personnel and equipment resources.

Our portfolio includes commercial and industrial projects from various sectors, including arts and culture, civil, commercial, education, entertainment and gaming, federal, healthcare, hospitality, manufacturing, municipal, retail, and technology. We work hard to understand our client's business needs and continually look for opportunities to add value to them and their projects.

Our client relationships are the foundation of our success, and our primary goal is to help each client achieve their vision. We do this by carefully managing the details and complexities of each project and communicating constantly with all team members.

Yates Construction is a military-friendly employer and provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics, in addition to federal and state law requirements.

Yates complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location where the company has facilities.