Welder

COMPANY SUMMARY

A third-generation family-owned business, Shapiro & Duncan has been serving customers in DC, Maryland and Virginia since 1976. The company is known for its award-winning culture and complex commercial, government, and institutional design-build projects that require first-rate performance, work quality, and customer service. We specialize in full-service mechanical solutions, which include engineering, coordination, prefabrication assembly, construction, service and maintenance.

Premium Healthcare Options

• Free Healthcare
• Medical
• Vision Discounts
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Health Savings Accounts
• 401(k) Match
• Company Paid Life Insurance
• Company Paid Long Term Disability
• Performance Bonus
• Gainshare

• Paid Time Off
• 8 Annual Holidays
• Engaging Team Activities
• Health & Wellness Program

The Welder works with the rest of the Construction Department on commercial projects, and is responsible for reviewing drawings, doing layout, and assembling pipes accurately and according to production standards, quality requirements, safety requirements, code, design, and specifications. As a full-time member of our field workforce, the Welder will travel to different job sites, going where work is needed in the greater Metropolitan Washington area.

• 3 or more years of commercial construction and welding experience.
• Able to work Monday‑Friday with occasional overtime during afternoons, evenings and weekends as needed. Hours may involve start times as early as 5:00 a.m.
• Effective interpersonal skills, including ability to work with diverse sets of team members and resolve conflict professionally with the assistance of management.
• Interface effectively, ethically and professionally with co‑workers, clients, and subcontractors.
• Communicate effectively in English (aural, verbal, and written).
• Able to sit, stand, bend, walk, climb, and remain in static positions for the duration of shift, including use of ladders, potential exposure to confined spaces and heights.
• Able to lift five pounds (50 lbs.) without assistance.
  
  Note:
  
  Additional weight may be required, but will be with assistance.
• Possess a current, valid driver’s license (not under suspension or limitation), and access to transportation to drive to various job‑site locations.
• Able to withstand temperature extremes and exposure to elements (rain, snow, etc.).
• Able to withstand exposure to dust, fumes, and other particulates. Respiratory protection is available.
• Welder Certification meeting Section IX of the ASME Code. Candidates will be tested; certification is a condition of employment.
• Willing and able to learn new tasks.
• Read and comprehend drawings and diagrams, blueprints, sketches, fabrication/spool drawings, CADD drawings, and submittals.
• Based on drawings and diagrams, able to lay out work.
• Basic arithmetic and geometric skills, including calculating offsets for miter pipe and/or fittings.
• Able to read and understand spool drawings to properly tag piping.
• Able to comply with federal, state, local, and project-based safety specifications, including use of specialized PPE and processes.

• Work with Foreman and apprentices on all piping aspects of the job.
• Use drawings, diagrams, etc., to complete tasks.
• Assist with coordination of any pre‑fabrication layout or installation.
• Maintain current knowledge of applicable federal, state, and county codes.
• Assist with rigging of material (will require rigging training).
• Comply with all OSHA, EM 385 regulations and Shapiro & Duncan Safety Program.
• Assist in maintaining rental and company‑owned welding equipment.
• Maintain equipment (tips, nozzles, grinding wheels, etc.); notify foreman when stock is low.
• Layout work ahead of welders, and prepare all pipe and fittings for welding.
• Work alongside welder in holding and positioning pipe/fittings to be welded.
• Perform other tasks and duties as assigned by supervision.

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