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Job Description

Overview

The Welder position at Lincoln Electric involves prepping and welding materials to company standards in a manufacturing environment. Candidates should have hands-on welding experience and a commitment to safety and quality.

Responsibilities

  • Prepping metals for welding
  • Operating mig welder on low carbon steel
  • Ability to operate an oxy-acetylene torch
  • Adjust material with saw as needed
  • Verify all materials are prepped for weldment by the BOM
  • Ability to operate a forklift
  • Understanding the ISO saw process for initialing and dating prints
  • Scan completed drawings to the correct department
  • Able to operate computer software to view file
  • Fit up components to make weldments match prints supplied
  • Knowledge of weld symbols and where to look them up

Requirements

  • High school diploma/GED, vocational/technical school, or equivalent work experience
  • 3 to 5 years of hands-on experience
  • Basic measurement skills (tape measure, combination square set, etc.)
  • Basic blueprint reading skills
  • Basic knowledge of welding fundamentals

Benefits

  • None specified

Additional Information

  • Location: Chattanooga
  • Employment Status: Hourly Full-Time
  • Pay Grade and Range: USXX - Grade USXX Hourly 38 $19.38 - $27.68
  • Bonus Plan: OIP
  • Target Bonus: 5%
  • Hiring Manager: Brian Wade Weas
  • Recruiter: Crystal Denise Dishman
  • Req ID: 29550
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How this job compares in Chattanooga, TN

Pay in context

At roughly $24/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $24/hr median for welding jobs across Tennessee, whose middle half runs $21–$31/hr across 54 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 43% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in Chattanooga, TN

Chattanooga, TN currently has 6 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 6 employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Tennessee as a whole we're tracking 90 other active welding openings from 65 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Chattanooga, or widen the search to Tennessee.

The most active employers in Tennessee at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Oshkosh Corporation (5), Honey Creek Staffing (3), and Cornerstone Building Brands (3). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG. 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.

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