Shop Plate Welder

Company Overview

CB&I is the world’s leading designer and builder of storage facilities, tanks and terminals. With more than 60,000 structures completed throughout our 135+ year history, we have the global expertise and strategically‑located operations to provide customers world‑class storage solutions for even the most complex energy infrastructure projects.

Build a career building the water towers and steel tanks of tomorrow!

To be offered a welding position you must pass the weld test.

• Fit and weld metal components to design drawings and weld procedures. Stick, MIG, TIG, Flux core, and Submerged Arc welding.
• Lays out, fits and welds fabricated heavy plate steel components to assemble tanks and pressure vessel.

• Access equipment utilizing appropriate fall protection and available handholds.
• Understand verbal instructions and written posted notices.
• Comply with all written and verbally communicated safety rules and procedures.
• Perform general labor in shop environment.
• Maintain and use personal protective equipment.
• Occasional outdoor exposure to weather elements (heat, cold, sun, snow, wind, rain etc.).
• Work effectively at heights without disorientation on ladders which may be heights up to 10 ft.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee must be able to lift up to 25 lbs. frequently throughout the workday and up to 50 lbs. infrequently.
• Must be able to stand 100% of the day.
• High school or equivalent (Preferred).
• Able to read design drawing.
• Able to pass a weld test.
• Able to pass pre‑employment drug screen.

• Layouts, assembly, weld shrinkage, and welding techniques. Positions, and secures parts and assemblies according to specifications, using straightedge, combination square, tape measure.
• Tack‑welds or welds on components and assemblies, using electric, or other welding equipment.
• Determines required welding method, welding techniques.
• May be required to use Gas‑Metal Arc, Flux‑Cored Arc, Gas‑Tungsten Arc, Submerged Arc, or Shielded Metal Arc Welding processes.
• Cuts workpiece, using oxy‑fuel hand torch and plasma.
• Lays out, positions, aligns, and fits components together in various body positions.
• Bolts, clamps, and welds together metal components of products such as piping systems, plate, pipe, and tube or structural shapes, using arc and arc gas welding equipment.
• May weld in flat, horizontal, vertical, or overhead position; at times under pre‑heat conditions.
• May preheat work piece using hand torch.
• Loads, transports, and unloads materials, tools.
• May assist in lifting, positioning, and securing of materials and work pieces during installation.
• Assists other mechanics/personnel as needed.
• Performs only procedures certified in.
• Responsible for observing and complying with safety and shop rules.
• Installs and repairs fabricated parts into shop assemblies.
• Removes rough spots from workpiece, using portable grinder, or scraper.
• Analyzes engineering drawings and specifications to plan layout, assembly, and welding operations.
• Develops templates and other work aids to hold and align parts.
• Handling and Moving Objects—Using shop safety handling practice, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
• Arm‑Hand Steadiness— The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
• Written Comprehension— The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
• Extent Flexibility— The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs.
• Near Vision— The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
• Information Comprehension— The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). Mathematical Reasoning— The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem.
• Drawing Reading— Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principals involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
• Performs other duties as required.