Welding Specialist
Location
Birmingham, AL
Posted on August 3, 2026
Location
Birmingham, AL
Posted on August 3, 2026
We are seeking an experienced Welding Specialist with a strong background working in a cement plant, quarry, heavy industrial, mining, or bulk materials environment. This individual will be responsible for performing advanced welding, fabrication, maintenance, and repair of plant equipment to support safe and efficient operations. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience repairing crushers, conveyors, hoppers, chutes, kilns, rotary equipment, and other heavy industrial machinery found in cement manufacturing facilities. Key Responsibilities Perform MIG, TIG, Stick, and Flux-Core welding on plant equipment and structural components. Repair and fabricate worn or damaged parts to minimize equipment downtime. Maintain and rebuild conveyors, crushers, chutes, hoppers, kilns, and material handling systems. Interpret blueprints, weld symbols, and fabrication drawings. Support plant shutdowns, outages, and preventative maintenance activities. Inspect equipment for wear and identify repair opportunities before failures occur. Work closely with maintenance and operations teams to improve equipment reliability. Follow all plant safety procedures, OSHA regulations, and lockout/tagout requirements.
Equal Opportunity Notice Highspring LLC (d/b/a Vaco by Highspring) and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries ("we," "our," or "Vaco by Highspring") are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race (including but not limited to traits historically associated with race such as hair texture and hair style), color, sex (includes pregnancy or related conditions), religion or creed, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, status as a veteran, union membership, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, political affiliation, or any other protected characteristics as required by applicable law. The company is also committed to ensuring that persons who need them are provided with reasonable accommodations; if an accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact HR@vaco.com .
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Additionally, submissions to this position are subject to the use of AI to perform preliminary candidate screenings, focused on ensuring minimum job requirements noted in the position are satisfied. More details about Vaco by Highspring's use of AI can be found here (https://www.highspring.com/ai-use-notices/). Further assessment of candidates beyond this initial phase will be conducted by recruiters and hiring managers. Vaco by Highspring does not know and cannot opine on if its client's use of AI products in hiring.
Pay Transparency Notice Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco by Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:
· the individual's skill sets, experience and training;
· licensure and certification requirements;
· office location and other geographic considerations; and
· other business and organizational needs.
With that said, as required by local law, Vaco by Highspring believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses and/or participation in medical, dental, and vision benefits as well as the company's retirement plan (or similar retirement benefits).
This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Birmingham, AL currently run a median of $25/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $24–$28/hr across 8 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.
We're tracking 12 other active welding openings in Birmingham, AL right now, from 11 different employers. 3 of them were added in the last week. Across Alabama as a whole we're tracking 105 other active welding openings from 78 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Birmingham, or widen the search to Alabama.
The most active employers in Alabama at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are ORION (4), Blue Origin (3), and Express Employment Professionals Defunct (3). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.
Within Alabama, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Mobile at $48/hr, Birmingham at $25/hr, and Huntsville at $24/hr. Birmingham is among them.
This posting calls for MIG, TIG, and Flux-Core 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.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Welding Specialist figures were last recalculated when this page was built.