Welding Associate

Your skills deserve a place where they can grow. Step into a role where precision, innovation, and teamwork come together to create high-quality solutions for industries that rely on us every day. We’ve been an authorized sales and service center for Swagelok Company since 1966, providing top-tier components, custom assemblies, and technical expertise. Now, we’re looking for a Welding Associate to join our talented team in a clean, safe, and climate-controlled orbital welding environment.

In this role, you won’t just “do the job”—you’ll help shape the future of how we work. You’ll fabricate assemblies to meet customer deadlines, ensure quality standards through detailed weld inspections and logs, and collaborate with colleagues who value both efficiency and craftsmanship. Every day is an opportunity to learn, innovate, and contribute to projects that matter.

We believe in supporting our team members inside and outside the workplace. You’ll receive hands-on training, opportunities for career advancement, and even paid volunteer time off to support the causes you care about. Our culture is values-driven, transparent, and rooted in continuous improvement and intentional decision-making.

What to Expect:

• Flexible Monday–Friday schedule: start between 6:00 AM and 8:00 AM, work 8 hours daily
• Opportunities for overtime if desired
• A collaborative, respectful, and growth-focused work environment

What We’re Looking For:

• Experience or interest in welding and fabrication with a commitment to quality
• Ability to work effectively within a team and meet deadlines
• A continuous improvement mindset and commitment to safety

Why You’ll Love Working Here:
Our competitive benefits package includes medical, dental, and vision insurance; generous paid time off, sick time, and 10 paid holidays; an incentive reward plan; HSA employer contributions; life and disability insurance; and a 401(k) plan with company match.

If you want to be part of a growing company where your work truly matters, this is your chance.

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Position Summary:

The Welding Associate is an integral part of the Swagelok solution. They leverage highly detailed and precise welding techniques for custom fabrication projects. They will utilize blueprints and CAD drawings, collaborate with engineers, and execute plans to satisfy customer requirements and expectations. 

Essential Duties & Key Responsibilities:

· Read blueprints and/or drawings and take or read measurements to plan layout and procedures

· Determine the appropriate welding program and method based on requirements

· Set up components for orbital welding according to project specifications

· Weld components using the Swagelok Orbital Welder system

· Perform visual examination of welds

· Maintain weld logs and filing of projects 

· Operate other equipment to prepare the parts that must be welded

· Align components using calipers, rulers, etc. as well as clamp pieces

· Obtain and adhere to Swagelok certification program/ policies

· Maintain equipment in a condition that does not compromise safety or performance. 

Education:

· High school diploma or equivalent required

· Vocational Technology degree preferred

· Required to obtain and adhere to Swagelok certification program (requires one separate overnight travel minimum)

Experience:

· 1-3 years prior welding experience required

· Orbital welding or ASME boiler and pressure code experience preferred

· 1-3 years experience reading blueprints

· Intermediate understanding of mathematics (algebra, geometry and trigonometry)

· Knowledge of how to purge & pressurize systems preferred

Skills:

· Critical thinking

· Procedure focused

· Attention to detail

· Working collaboratively and cooperatively in a team environment

· Prioritization

· Growth mindset