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Overview

This 2nd shift Welder role focuses on .045 MIG production welding on mild steel in the flat position within a clean, organized, and well-equipped fabrication shop. The position requires working from blueprints and supporting minor fabrication tasks while contributing to a collaborative and safety-focused team environment.

Responsibilities

  • Perform .045 MIG production welding on mild steel in the flat position.
  • Work from blueprints.
  • Support minor fabrication tasks.
  • Contribute to a collaborative and safety-focused team environment.

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How this job compares in Lake Mills, WI

Pay in context

At roughly $22/hr, this posting comes in about 15% below the $26/hr median for welding jobs across Wisconsin, where the middle half runs $22–$30/hr across 115 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 26% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.

The local market in Lake Mills, WI

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Lake Mills, WI, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Wisconsin as a whole we're tracking 171 other active welding openings from 118 employers. Browse welding jobs across Wisconsin.

Aerotek currently has 4 other openings live in Wisconsin, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Wisconsin at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are QPS Employment Group (10), JARP Industries Inc (9), and SEEK Careers/Staffing (5). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Wisconsin, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Oshkosh at $30/hr, Waukesha at $26/hr, and Hartford at $26/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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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