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Job Description

Overview

The Certified Welder position in Savannah, GA involves performing basic welding and steel fabrication tasks to support the production of structural steel components for construction projects. The role requires reading shop drawings and adhering to specified tolerances and quality standards.

Responsibilities

  • Interpret and use prints and sketches for structural steel fabrication.
  • Perform general material handling functions, including jobsite clean-up and moving materials by hand.
  • Operate motorized equipment such as welding machines, air arcing tools, and overhead cranes.
  • Follow company safety rules and properly use assigned personal protective equipment.

Requirements

  • Certified Welder specializing in field operations with proven ability to complete structural and equipment welding.
  • Knowledge and ability to interpret and use prints and sketches for welding techniques.
  • Pass AWS Welding Test on a one-inch groove test in the horizontal position.
  • Ability to frequently lift, carry, push, and pull up to 50 pounds of material.
  • Ability to frequently walk, stoop, kneel, reach, and climb.
  • Experience with heavy flux core wire feed welding.
  • TWIC card preferred but not required; ability to obtain one is required.

Benefits

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

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
401k
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How this job compares

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Georgia currently run a median of $29/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $22–$37/hr across 164 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

This posting doesn't specify a city. Across Georgia as a whole we're tracking 407 other active welding openings from 254 employers. 131 of them were added in the last week. Browse welding jobs across Georgia.

The most active employers in Georgia at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Marathon (10), Southern Industrial Constructors, Inc. (7), and Mullins Mechanical (6). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Georgia, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Forest Park at $39/hr, Marietta at $32/hr, and Atlanta at $31/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for Flux-Core. Flux-cored (FCAW) runs a hollow wire filled with flux, combining MIG-like deposition rates with the outdoor tolerance of stick. It is the workhorse on heavy structural steel and shipbuilding, where thick sections and long welds reward speed.

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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. Certified Welder - Savannah, GA figures were last recalculated when this page was built.