Welder / Fabricator

Your Job

INVISTA Maintenance team is seeking a Welder/Fabricator to support the repair, maintenance, and fabrication of plant equipment and components at their site in Victoria, Texas. In this role, you will perform welding, fitting, and fabrication work in both shop and field environments while contributing to the site's long-term equipment reliability.

Our Team

This role is part of our Shops & Services organization, which includes machine shop, welding shop, relief valve shop, and control valve shop operations. Team members work closely together to provide repair, maintenance, and fabrication services for plant equipment and components. The work environment is highly collaborative and requires individuals who can work independently, contribute to team-based maintenance activities, and adapt to changing business needs.

What You Will Do In Your Role

• Perform welding, fitting, and fabrication work in both shop and field environments based on site needs
• Perform stick, MIG, and TIG welding on carbon steel, stainless steel, and specialty metals
• Read and develop field sketches and isometric drawings, complete fabrication layouts, and execute fabrication and welding activities in accordance with applicable piping codes
• Inspect damaged equipment and piping, develop repair scopes, and execute repairs on piping, structural components, tanks, and vessels
• Estimate the resources and time needed to complete fabrication projects
• Support work planning, material coordination, scheduling, and customer communication
• Coordinate work with operations, field mechanics, and other crafts to complete jobs safely and efficiently
• Proactively identify and implement improvements to the work backlog, processes, practices, shop tools, and procedures
• Maintain shop equipment, complete required progression activities, and identify productive work when assigned jobs are complete
• Work with vendors to build effective working relationships and create value for the site

• Industrial or manufacturing experience in welding or fabrication
• Experience reading isometric drawings and fabricating, fitting, or welding work in accordance with applicable piping codes
• Experience operating shop equipment such as saws and hoists

• Availability to work scheduled or unscheduled hours, including nights, weekends, and holidays, based on business needs. Extended turnaround schedules may be required.
• Ability to wear required personal protective equipment, including safety glasses, hearing protection, goggles, hard hats, flame-resistant clothing, gloves, safety boots, and respiratory protection
• Ability to lift a minimum of 50 pounds
• Ability to work in hot, cold, and inclement weather conditions
• Ability to climb stairs, ladders, vessel and column ladders, and ladders associated with scaffolding
• Ability to work in confined spaces

What Will Put You Ahead

• 5+ years of welding and/or fabrication experience in an industrial, petrochemical, oil and gas, or refinery environment
• Experience maintaining qualifications as a code welder for piping, pressure vessels, and/or tanks
• Experience completing intermediate or advanced fabrication layouts, including miters and rolled offsets
• Proficiency welding titanium, Inconel, boiler tubes, or other specialty metals
• Experience operating waterjet cutting machines
• Experience with sheet metal fabrication
• Experience using a maintenance workflow or computerized maintenance management system (CMMS), such as SAP or LeanKit

This role is not eligible for Visa sponsorship.

This role is subject to a pre-hire physical abilities test.

This role is subject to the Transportation Workers Identification Credentialing (TWIC) rule and requires the successful candidate to obtain a TWIC dentification badge, allowing for unescorted access to the facility within a specific time period.

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.

Who We Are

INVISTA is a global manufacturer of chemical intermediates, polymers and fibers. From parts for the automotive industry to medical equipment, air bags, food packaging, carpet and clothing, our ingredients in the nylon 6,6 and polypropylene value chains help bring many of life's essential products to market. A subsidiary of Koch Industries since 2004, INVISTA is committed to innovation and responsibly creating more value for its customers and society while consuming fewer resources to make these products. See the bigger picture at INVISTA.com.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aqui, or tu).