Welder Direct Jobs in Chester, SC (NOW HIRING)

As a result of our phenomenal growth, MSS Solutions, LLC has an opening for a Welder - Mechanical. If you are an experienced professional who is looking to grow your career and contribute fresh and innovative ideas to serve our customers, this is an opportunity you should explore!

A career at MSS is not just a job -- it's collaborating with the business's best talent. It's having a part in building a better future. It's making a difference in people's lives.

The success of MSS is a direct reflection of our team's dedication, passion, and hard work. Since 1996, MSS has taken pride in retaining some of the best talents in the industry by promoting a culture of respect, collaboration, and empowerment.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Use hand-welding or flame-cutting equipment to weld or join metals components or fill holes, indentations, or seams of fabricated metal products or pipes.
• Read a Weld Procedure Specification (WPS) to produce a weld according to the requirements of the procedure.
• Weld components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions. Ignite torches or start power suppliers and strike arcs by touching electrodes to metals being welded.
• Fabricate and construct piping segments and attach fittings that require field fit-up, erection, and assembly.
• Clamp, hold, tack-weld, heat-bend, grind, or bolt parts to obtain required configurations and positions for welding.
• Detect faulty operation of equipment or defective materials and notify supervisors.
• Operate manual or semi-automatic welding equipment to fuse metal segments, using processes such as gas tungsten arc, gas metal arc, flux-cored arc, plasma arc, shielded metal arc, resistance welding, and submerged arc welding.
• Examine workpieces for defects and measure workpieces to ensure conformance with specifications.
• Recognize, set up, and operate hand and power tools common to the welding trade, such as shielded metal arc and gas metal arc welding equipment.
• Follows all safety policies and procedures.
• Other such duties and responsibilities as assigned by the company from time to time.

Qualifications and Requirements

Minimum of 3 years of pipe welding (field) to include all the following procedures:

o MIG

o TIG

o Stick

Must be able to pass an in-house welding test (6G criteria)

Must have own hand tools.

Must successfully pass a background check and drug test

Ability to weld diverse types of metals

Knowledge of hand and power tools

Ability to read blueprints

• Physical Demands: Occasional sitting, frequent stooping, crouching, kneeling, balancing, and climbing. Constant standing, walking, reaching and gripping. Vision abilities required for this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Must be able to talk and hear. Occasional lifting up to 50 lbs. (maximum solo lift) and constant lifting to 25 lbs., placing this position in the very heavy physical demand classification (PDC).
• Material Handling:? lifting from floor level to overhead, with occasional lifting up to 115 lbs. frequent lifting up to 50 lbs. and constant lifting up to 25 lbs., placing the position in the very heavy physical demand classification (PDC).?

Work Environment: Exposure to weather, extreme heat or cold, high noise intensity level, atmospheric conditions, exposure to electrical shock, exposure to toxic or caustic chemicals, wet and/or humid, vibration, proximity to moving mechanical parts, working high exposure places.

Benefit Highlights

At MSS, we value our employees by providing a supportive culture with competitive compensation and a benefits package that continues to evolve based on our business's growth and our employees' needs. Currently, our benefits include:

• Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance
• 401k with Employer Contributions
• PTO
• Paid Holidays
• Employee Assistance Program
• Long-term Disability
• Short-term Disability
• Flexible Spending Plan
• Health Savings Plan

Additional Notes

• If you are unable to apply electronically and require an accommodation, please contact HRAdmin@msssolutions.com
• MSS Solutions, LLC is an equal opportunity employer and a drug-free environment.
• All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

MSS Employees, please visit the MSS Career Center or contact HR to apply.