What are the responsibilities and job description for the ASME Pressure Vessel Welders position at Trinity Employment Specialists?
ASME Pressure Vessel Welder
Pay: $33.00 per hour
Shift: Day Shift (Monday–Friday)
Location: West Tulsa
Position Type: Full-Time
We are hiring experienced ASME Pressure Vessel Welders for day shift. This role is for welders who understand code work, take pride in clean welds, and can handle pressure vessel fabrication without constant supervision.
If you’ve welded on stamped vessels before, you’ll feel right at home here.
Pressure Vessel Welders Responsibilities
- Perform welding on ASME pressure vessels in accordance with Section VIII standards
- Read and interpret blueprints, WPS, and fabrication drawings
- Complete high-quality welds using GTAW, SMAW, and/or FCAW processes
- Ensure welds meet visual, X-ray, and other inspection requirements
- Work closely with fitters and shop leadership to maintain production flow
- Follow all safety procedures and maintain a clean work area
Pressure Vessel Welders Qualifications
- Proven experience welding ASME pressure vessels
- Strong understanding of ASME Section VIII and Section IX requirements
- Ability to pass weld tests and inspection standards (visual, X-ray, bend test as applicable)
- Experience reading blueprints and weld symbols
- Reliable attendance and strong attention to detail
- Ability to work independently on day shift
What We Offer
- $33.00 per hour
- Steady day shift schedule
- Clean, organized fabrication environment
- Long-term opportunity with a reputable shop
If you’re a pressure vessel welder who can consistently produce code-quality welds, we want to talk.
Apply today and be ready to test.
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* Construct, assemble, maintain, and repair stationary steam boilers and boiler house auxiliaries. Align structures or plate sections to assemble boiler frame tanks or vats, following blueprints. Work involves use of hand and power tools, plumb bobs, levels, wedges, dogs, or turnbuckles. Assist in testing assembled vessels. Direct cleaning of boilers and boiler furnaces. Inspect and repair boiler fittings, such as safety valves, regulators, automatic-control mechanisms, water columns, and auxiliary machines.
* Attach rigging and signal crane or hoist operators to lift heavy frame and plate sections or other parts into place.
* Study blueprints to determine locations, relationships, or dimensions of parts.
* Repair or replace defective pressure vessel parts, such as safety valves or regulators, using torches, jacks, caulking hammers, power saws, threading dies, welding equipment, or metalworking machinery.
* Locate and mark reference points for columns or plates on boiler foundations, following blueprints and using straightedges, squares, transits, or measuring instruments.
* Bolt or arc weld pressure vessel structures and parts together, using wrenches or welding equipment.
* Install manholes, handholes, taps, tubes, valves, gauges, or feedwater connections in drums of water tube boilers, using hand tools.
* Position, align, and secure structural parts or related assemblies to boiler frames, tanks, or vats of pressure vessels, following blueprints.
* Shape or fabricate parts, such as stacks, uptakes, or chutes, to adapt pressure vessels, heat exchangers, or piping to premises, using heavy-metalworking machines such as brakes, rolls, or drill presses.
* Assemble large vessels in an on-site fabrication shop prior to installation to ensure proper fit.
* Lay out plate, sheet steel, or other heavy metal and locate and mark bending and cutting lines, using protractors, compasses, and drawing instruments or templates.
* Examine boilers, pressure vessels, tanks, or vats to locate defects, such as leaks, weak spots, or defective sections, so that they can be repaired.
* Shape seams, joints, or irregular edges of pressure vessel sections or structural parts to attain specified fit of parts, using cutting torches, hammers, files, or metalworking machines.
* Inspect assembled vessels or individual components, such as tubes, fittings, valves, controls, or auxiliary mechanisms, to locate any defects.
* Straighten or reshape bent pressure vessel plates or structure parts, using hammers, jacks, or torches.
* Install refractory bricks or other heat-resistant materials in fireboxes of pressure vessels.
* Clean pressure vessel equipment, using scrapers, wire brushes, and cleaning solvents.
* Bell, bead with power hammers, or weld pressure vessel tube ends to ensure leakproof joints.