Pipe Welding Shutdown Jobs (NOW HIRING)

Sun’s up, hood down. You review the WPS, confirm heat input, and check joint geometry with the Pipe Fitter before striking your first arc. A 6G test coupon from yesterday gets a final visual, and then it’s on to stainless utility piping in a tight mezzanine, followed by flux-core passes on a platform modification. By afternoon, you’re coordinating hold points with QA, aligning on weld maps, and prepping for a shutdown tie-in—all while keeping hot-work controls tight and your work area squared away. If that sounds like your rhythm, Renfrow Industrial wants you on our team.

• Perform code-quality structural and pipe welds on carbon steel, stainless, and other approved alloys for process/utility piping, equipment supports, platforms, structural changes, machinery installs, and related industrial scopes.
• Operate across active plants, manufacturing facilities, shutdowns, and heavy commercial sites—adhering to OSHA, site rules, and hot-work protocols.
• Read and apply blueprints, structural drawings, piping isos, P&IDs, fabrication drawings, symbols, and WPS details.
• Fit, tack, align, and weld to specified dimensions and joint designs; prepare materials by cutting, beveling, grinding, and cleaning while maintaining root openings and tolerances.
• Use SMAW (Stick), GTAW (TIG), FCAW (Flux Core), and GMAW (MIG) when qualified and required by assignment.
• Inspect welds and surrounding base metal, correct discontinuities per approved repair procedures, and support NDE as needed.
• Work in elevated, confined, and otherwise challenging areas safely; maintain tools, leads, torches, and machines in serviceable condition.
• Collaborate with Pipe Fitters, Millwrights, Ironworkers, Riggers, Fabricators, and mechanical crews to sequence work efficiently.
• Other duties as needed to deliver safe, quality results.

• Execute code-quality pipe welds in qualified positions, including 6G and small-bore, when the project requires.
• Complete structural groove, fillet, and plate welds in qualified positions (2G/3G/4G) as assigned.
• Follow WPS parameters for process, filler metal, amperage, polarity, shielding gas, preheat, interpass, and other essential variables.
• Verify joint prep, alignment, root opening, bevel, and cleanliness with Pipe Fitters/Fabricators before welding.
• Support weld maps, material traceability, inspection hold points, NDE, hydro testing, and turnover documentation.
• Control distortion, heat input, penetration, bead placement, and final profile.
• Perform approved weld repairs/rework with supervision, QA, and inspectors.
• Treat every weld as inspection-critical—ready for visual, bend, or radiographic testing.
• Switch between structural and pipe welding assignments in line with your qualifications and project needs.

• 3+ years of relevant industrial structural and/or pipe welding experience.
• Ability to pass Renfrow Industrial qualification(s): may include 6G pipe, small-bore pipe, and/or 2G, 3G, 4G plate.
• Weld tests must meet ASME Section IX, applicable AWS standards, client specifications, and/or project criteria; testing may include VT, bend, or RT.
• Proficiency with SMAW, GTAW, FCAW, and GMAW for structural and pipe work.
• Strong print reading and symbol literacy (isos, WPS, P&IDs), plus attention to safety warnings and project instructions.
• Solid command of joint prep, fit-up, metallurgy, weld quality, and safe hot-work practices; valid driver’s license preferred.

• Lift up to 50 lbs; climb, balance, work at heights, and in confined spaces.
• Operate welding, cutting, grinding, and material-handling tools with precise hand–eye coordination.
• Perform physically intensive tasks such as bending, crouching, kneeling, reaching, and handling heavy materials.
• Work in dynamic industrial settings requiring sustained focus, alertness, and mobility.

• TIG rig/torch (GTAW), power block, gas pressure gauge/flowmeter
• Welding gloves (TIG/MIG/Stick), welding hood
• Cutting goggles or approved face shield, striker, wire brush, chipping hammer
• Wrap-around, tip cleaners, side cutters
• Tape measure, 10" adjustable wrench, hammer
• Flat-head and Phillips-head screwdriver sets
• Torpedo level, hacksaw, combination square
• Combination wrenches up to 1-1/4", 1/2" drive socket set up to 1-1/4"
• Vise grips
• Soapstone with holder
• Other basic hand tools typical to welding/fabrication

We’ll supply additional/specialized welding machines, power tools, testing gear, consumables, fall protection, and project-specific tools as appropriate.

• Monday–Thursday, typical 4x10
• Overtime as required

• $26–$32 per hour depending on experience and weld test performance
• Health insurance
• 401(k)
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• $1,000 sign-on bonus

Safety is a core value at Renfrow Industrial. Expect to follow company policies, complete required training, comply with fire-prevention and hot-work controls, and stop work if conditions are unsafe.

Advance toward Lead Pipe Fitter, Piping Superintendent, Mechanical Lead/Foreman, and other field leadership roles—based on performance, training, qualifications, experience, and company needs.

• Perform production welding only within your current qualifications, assigned processes, materials, positions, and approved procedures.
• Work independently within scope after successfully completing required qualifications.
• No supervisory duties unless explicitly assigned by management.
• Scope may include cutting, grinding, joint prep, fit-up, tack welding, weld repairs, shutdown work, and system/structural modifications.
• Coordinate with project managers, superintendents, QA, inspectors, and other trades for scope alignment, inspection readiness, and successful completion.
• Follow approved WPS, quality-control procedures, and documentation requirements.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Role is physically demanding, including lifting, bending, crouching, kneeling, and climbing while handling heavy materials.
• Frequent handling of welding machines, leads, hoses, tools, and fabricated parts.
• Comfort working in active plants, manufacturing facilities, shutdown environments, elevated/confined areas, and outdoor heavy commercial jobsites in varying conditions is required.