Welding Technician Iii Jobs

Job Summary

This senior level position will perform duties and tasks necessary to support smooth and reliable operation of the department with little to no oversight. Works with other welders or perform in lining up fittings. Conduct pressure tests on prefabricated assemblies. Maintain shop, field welding, and construction equipment. Leads inspection of company, pipeline construction projects. Perform pipe fitting and layout work. Perform routine or emergency repairs to high-pressure pipelines and facilities. Perform low-stress and high-stress welding and cutting tasks. Operate construction equipment and pipeline tapping and stopping equipment.

Additional responsibilities include:

• Interact with DOT and state representatives and officials on job sites.
• Conduct shop tests (Hydrostatic and Pneumatic) for pipe and fabricated assemblies.
• Mark up engineering drawings for corrections and or substitutions in order to ensure accuracy.
• Perform final inspection of fabrication with drawing.
• Ensure contractor adherence to design, codes, and standards.
• Operate backhoe, forklift, overhead crane, crew truck/dump truck.
• Verify correct torque specs for bolts, gaskets, and material grades.
• Maintain day to day records and reports.
• Perform welding evaluator functions for company and contract welders.

Required Knowledge, Skills, Abilities & Experience

The knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience required for entry into this job include the following:

• Advanced knowledge of rigging of fabricated assembles.
• 5+ years of directly related experience.
• Ability to read distribution maps and engineering drawings, and properly use and calibrate Zero and use all welding and pipeline inspection equipment.
• Knowledge of pipeline repair procedures and techniques, DOT Pipeline Safety Regulations, Parts 191 and 192; advanced welding and construction equipment safety rules and procedures, high-pressure distribution systems, X-ray equipment and safety requirements.
• Ability to work with design engineering on facility configurations and complications, to see objects at close range, and to determine distance and relationship between objects, match or discriminate between colors, distinguish nature of sounds, to determine whether equipment is running correctly, or to hear a gas leak, recognize and respond to abnormal operating conditions, or emergency situations which may include changing flat tires, chaining up vehicles, operating jacks, performing minor maintenance, and operating two-way radios.
• Understand how standard regulator stations are designed and how they function.
• Must be able to lift (50+ lbs.), bend, kneel, push, pull, crawl
• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing, and interact with others, to communicate clear instructions and to evaluate results.
• Skill in advanced operations of welding equipment such as welders, cutting torches, backhoe, crane, forklift, bevel machine, and pipefitting equipment, and/or skill in advanced operations of construction equipment.
• Knowledge of, and ability to use, personal computer and related software and basic math.
• Knowledge of fire protection systems.
• Advanced knowledge of pipeline welding procedures and techniques including American Petroleum Institute (API) 1104.

Education Requirements

Required Degree (equivalency not accepted in lieu of required degree):

High School graduate or GED

Licenses, Certifications, or Quals Description

Obtain NCCCO Crane Certification, CDL, Certified Pipeline Welding Inspection, and/or API 1169 at leadership discretion.

Working Conditions

Other Working Conditions

Requires frequent bending, squatting, lifting, climbing, twisting, balancing, and reaching. Works on uneven or slippery surfaces.

Test Description

No testing required.