Boilermaker-Welder (Plant Shutdowns)

You'll cut, fit and weld steel to drawing in a busy stainless steel equipment manufacturer in Pietermaritzburg. It's the kind of job where doing the basics well every day gets you noticed.

This post is Pietermaritzburg-based, with most of your time spent at a stainless steel equipment manufacturer. Weekend work is on a roster, so you won't be on every weekend.

• Read fabrication drawings and cutting lists before you mark out plate
• Weld carbon steel pipe in the 6G position using GTAW root and SMAW fill
• Grind and repair welds flagged by the QC inspector
• Sign off your weld map and traceability sheets for each spool
• Fit up beams, columns and bracing with the correct gaps and alignment
• TIG weld stainless steel tanks and fittings with proper back-purging

• Valid welder coding to ISO 9606-1 or ASME IX in the processes the job needs
• You can read fabrication and isometric drawings without help
• Boilermaker or welder trade test certificate, or current SAIW welder qualification
• Medical fitness certificate for industrial sites, or willing to get one

• Duplex or chrome-moly welding experience
• Orbital or automatic welding experience

• Coding renewals paid by the employer
• Accommodation and meals paid on out-of-town shutdowns
• Leather welding PPE and auto-darkening helmet supplied

• Expect a practical welding test on the first day. Bring your own gloves and chipping hammer so you feel at home.
• Expired codings are the number one reason welders are turned away at the gate. Check dates before you apply.