Offshore Pipe Welder (6G)

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Company Profile

Gulf Island provides fabrication, construction, and maintenance services for offshore structures, marine vessels, and industrial facilities across various industries.

Job Profile

The company is searching for an Offshore Pipe Welder (6G) who will perform job functions required and assigned in the fabrication of structural/piping materials per the contract/job specifications and quality assurance requirements/fitting procedures, and established ISO/QC program standards.

Properly weld the structure or pipe to construct a drilling deck.

Education Level

• High School Diploma or GED

Work Experience

• Minimum 2 years of Offshore experience
• Experience with 6G and 6GR -SMAW and FCAW welding

License/Certification

• Pass required welding test per AWS D1.1 latest edition, ASME section IX, and API 1104.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Assist with building a scaffold to access all areas of the structure, pipe, or deck.
• Be able to weld structure (beams, grating, stairways) and pipe.
• Connect and turn regulator valves to activate and adjust gas flow and pressure to obtain desired flames.
• Determine required equipment and welding methods, applying knowledge of welding techniques.
• Expertly welds small, medium, and large structural and pipes of various metals and alloys.
• Expertly welds small, medium, and large structural items.
• Maintain the quality of welding that can pass NDT testing procedures.
• Monitor the fitting, burning, and welding processes to avoid overheating of parts or warping, shrinking, distortion, or expansion of the material.
• Operate appropriate hand tools (chipping hammers, grinders, etc.)
• Perform welding assignments safely and efficiently, always practicing safety.
• Perform welding processes assigned for structural, pipe, and welding projects.
• Pull up leads to weld on the deck.
• Select and install torches, torch tips, filler rods, and flux according to welding chart specifications or any thickness of metals.
• Set up and operate the welding machine for applicable welding processes.
• Transport welding equipment in the yard to the work area.
• Weld separately or in combination, using aluminum, stainless steel, cast iron, carbon steel, and other alloys.

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities

• Balancing, fingering, feeling, talking, hearing, and seeing are all considered regular physical duties/requirements and would be needed/required to work in this industrial environment safely and efficiently.
• Must be able to pass a pre-employment physical and drug screen.
• Must be able to pass a background check.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
• TWIC card
• Must successfully demonstrate the ability to pass a practical welding test: 6G SMAW and 6GR SMAW, and 6GR FCAW.

Work Environment

• Must lift to 25 pounds and occasionally 50-75 pounds.
• Reaching forward and overhead are essential job functions/physical requirements.
• Turning, twisting, bending, and stooping
• 80 to 90% of the work activities are performed outdoors.
• Required to work in changes of temperature, hot, cold, humid, wet, and dry conditions, dust, mud, etc.
• May also be exposed to fumes (paint, paint thinners, diesel, or gas, etc.)

Tools/Equipment

• All appropriate safety equipment is used to perform their everyday welding duties (welding shields, goggles, hard hats, etc.)
• Welders must know and use: welding machines, man lifts, chipping and grinding equipment, cutting torches, welding leads, welding whips, and welding guns.

Benefits/Perks

• 401(k) with Company Match
• Company Store
• Disability Insurance
• Earned Wage Access
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Paid Holidays
• Paid Vacation
• Safety Awards

Employer’s Statement

Gulf Island is an Equal Opportunity Employer.