Welder-Structural (Decatur, IL) Austin Industrial

Austin External; Decatur (IL); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Austin Industrial is hiring a journeyman welder for our Decatur, IL location. This position requires welding of metal parts per layout, blueprints, and work orders, with attention to safety and quality.

You will work with pipe and plate assemblies, using various welding methods and torch operations. The role demands 3–5 years of journeyman welding experience, a valid driver’s license, and the ability to pass pre-employment screenings.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of journeyman level welding experience.
• Valid Driver's License required.
• Pass pre-employment physical, drug screen, and background check.

Responsibilities

• Weld or tack weld pieces using spot, electric, or gas welding equipment.
• Unite pipes and fittings; manage torch flame and gas/air flow adjustments.
• Read layouts and ensure pieces meet specifications with correct measurements.
• Operate hoists, cranes, or hand tools to position and secure work pieces.
• Follow safety protocols and assist with daily site tasks as needed.

Skills

Welding

Reading blueprints

Fabrication

Safety procedures

Tools

Welding equipment

Job description

Job Category: Craft

Requisition Number: COMBO034782

• Posted : October 15, 2026
• Full-Time

Locations

Showing 1 location

Decatur, IL
Decatur, IL, USA

Description

About Austin Industrial

Austin Industrial delivers premier maintenance, construction, and soft craft services to leading industrial companies across the U.S. An industry leader for more than 60 years, we offer single-source solutions to our customers in the oil, gas, chemical, food, agriculture, power, and manufacturing industries. Our team of 4,000 employee-owners, equipped with innovative technology and optimized procedures, helps owners optimize safety, productivity, profit margins, and cost-efficiency.

This person must be able to join metal parts, such as pipe or metal plates as specified by layout, blueprints, work orders, welding procedures or oral instructionsthrough the application of heat or electric arc-welding equipment. Other duties may be assigned.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

• Uses spot welding gun or hand, electric, or gas welding equipment to weld or tack weld pieces together.
• Unites pipes from torch to tanks of oxygen and fuel gas and turns valves to release mixture.
• Reaching expected temperature, size, and color of flame by burning torch and adjusting flow of gas and air.
• Preheats work pieces for the preparation of welding or curving, using torch.
• Fillsholes or corrects mistakes in lead pieces and makes bulges thin and curves in metal work pieces.
• Checks the weakness of work pieces and measures work pieces with straightedge or template to ensure the piece meets specifications.
• Climbsup ladders or works on scaffolds to take apart textures.
• Gives signal to crane operator to lift large work pieces.
• Uses thermal-cutting equipment such as flame-cutting torch or plasma-arc equipment to dismount metal assemblies or cut scrap metal.
• Uses hoist, crane, wire and banding machine, or hand tools to place and protect work pieces.
• In order to protect the torch chooses place of weld based on type, thickness, area, and expected temperature of metal.
• Instructs and brings flame or electrodes on or across work piece to straighten, curve, dissolve, or develop metal.
• Joins pieces together, covers up taut points, and adds metal to develop parts.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Applicants must be legally authorized to work for ANY employer in the United States. Austin is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear and taste or smell. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 25 pounds and may frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Qualifications Required for this Position:

Certifications/ Licenses: DL

Experience: – 3-5 years of Journeyman level experience.

Must pass pre-employment physical, drug screening, and background check as a condition of employment.

Austin Industrial is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

• This Company does not accept and will not consider unsolicited resumes or any other unsolicited candidate information submitted to the Company or any of its employee-owners by staffing agencies, search firms, or third-party recruiters in response to a posted vacancy.The Company will not pay any placement fee(s) without a written agreement to do so (e., payment must be required pursuant to the terms of a written agreement).

Accessibility Note

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Qualifications

Licenses & Certifications

Required

Valid Driver's License

Equal Opportunity Employer
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