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Overview

This job posting is for skilled trade welders to fill openings throughout Southeast Michigan. Welders will be compensated with a competitive hourly rate and provided with comprehensive benefits.

Responsibilities

  • Use electricity and torches to produce heat and solder together components made from various metals.
  • Weld small components for residential use and large components like pipelines and beams.
  • Consult blueprints and sketches to execute jobs and tasks to specification.
  • Assess equipment, structures, materials, and job specifications for appropriate welding positions and methods.
  • Monitor equipment for appropriate usage and temperature.
  • Maintain knowledge of universal standards and specifications to meet building codes.
  • Develop knowledge of methods used for welding various materials and components.
  • Operate specialized machinery for industrial welding or supervise robots.
  • Trim metal components using heat, fire, and electricity.
  • Take apart and dispose of large metal objects.
  • Monitor work environment for hazards and maintain healthy ventilation levels.
  • Follow safety protocols, including wearing protective gear.

Requirements

  • Completed a bona fide apprenticeship or have 8 years of previous experience in welding.
  • Knowledge in the construction or manufacturing industries.
  • Skilled in metal straightening and fabrication.
  • Proficient in MIG, TIG, Heli-Arc, Oxy Acetylene, and Soldering welding methods.
  • Ability to perform tasks of the trade and work at heights.
  • Ability to follow oral and written instructions.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • 401k
  • PTO
  • Dental
  • Vision

Additional Information

  • Willingness to work on any assigned schedule and overtime.
  • Successful completion of a job interview, pre-employment drug screen, physical, and background check are required.

Benefits

Health Insurance
401k
PTO
Dental
Vision
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How this job compares in Dearborn, MI

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Michigan currently run a median of $24/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $22–$29/hr across 83 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Dearborn, MI

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Dearborn, MI, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Michigan as a whole we're tracking 142 other active welding openings from 101 employers. Browse welding jobs across Michigan.

The most active employers in Michigan at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Technique, Inc Jobs (5), Aerotek (4), and Qualified Staffing (4). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Michigan, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Holland at $28/hr and Livonia at $23/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG and TIG work. MIG (GMAW) feeds a continuous wire electrode through a shielding-gas nozzle. It lays down metal fast and is forgiving on clean material, which is why it dominates production and light fabrication work. TIG (GTAW) uses a non-consumable tungsten electrode with filler added by hand, giving the operator the most control of any process. It is slow, demanding, and the standard for stainless, aluminum, and anything where the bead has to look as good as it holds.

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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Skilled Trade - Welder General - SE MI Locations figures were last recalculated when this page was built.