Welder

Welder – Peak Utility Services Group

We’re looking for a skilled Welder to work on live and new natural gas lines with a crew to complete daily tasks. The position requires a thorough understanding of client‑specific standards, specifications, and all departmental operating policies and procedures.

Pay: $46 - $55 per hour

• Trust
• Respect
• Accountability
• Integrity
• Teamwork
• Safety

• Welds components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions
• Works with specialized equipment including welding and other necessary tools
• Works safely around backhoes, excavators, trenchers, and dump trucks
• Cleans and prepares construction sites to eliminate possible hazards
• Lays out, positions, aligns, and secures parts and assemblies prior to assembly, using straightedges, combination squares, calipers, and rulers
• Examines work pieces for defects and measures work pieces with straightedges or templates to ensure conformance with specifications
• Clamps, holds, tack‑welds, heat‑bends, grinds, or bolts component parts to obtain required configurations and positions for welding
• Selects and installs torches, torch tips, filler rods, and flux, according to welding chart specifications or types and thicknesses of metals
• Determines required equipment and welding methods, applying knowledge of metallurgy, geometry, and welding techniques
• Monitors the fitting, burning, and welding processes to avoid overheating of parts or warping, shrinking, distortion, or expansion of material
• Analyzes engineering drawings, blueprints, specifications, sketches, work orders, and material safety data sheets to plan layout, assembly, and welding operations
• Marks or tags material with proper job number, piece marks, and other identifying marks as required
• Prepares all material surfaces to be welded, ensuring that there is no loose or thick scale, slag, rust, moisture, grease, or other foreign matter
• Preheats work pieces using torches to then guide and direct flames or electrodes on or across work pieces to connect pipe
• Detects faulty operation of equipment or defective materials and notifies supervisors
• Cleans or degreases parts, using wire brushes, and portable grinders

• Ability to perform heavy manual labor for extended periods, often under adverse climatic conditions.
• Ability to lift up to 80 lbs multiple times during a work shift.
• Ability to climb, dig, work in tight spaces, on uneven surfaces, walking, stooping, and kneeling.
• Ability to understand and follow specific oral and written instructions.
• Ability to work well independently and as a part of a team with co‑workers.
• Ability to pass motor vehicle, criminal background check, and comply with drug‑free workplace policy.
• English usage sufficient to keep records, place orders, and prepare simple narrative reports.
• Willingness and ability to learn additional skills.

• High school diploma or equivalent desired.
• Previous welding experience.
• Bilingual English/Spanish is a plus.

• Possession of a valid State of Residence Driver’s License is required.
• Possession of a welding rig to include welding machine, necessary cutting equipment, and tools.
• Candidates must pass criminal and Motor Vehicle Record (MVR) background checks and pass a pre‑employment drug screen.

The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees and are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. Furthermore, they do not establish a contract for employment and are subject to change at the discretion of the employer.

Entry level

Full‑time

Management and Manufacturing

Utilities