Job Description

Overview

The Robotic Welder position involves working with blueprints and requires skills in welding, hammering, grinding, and using various tools. Candidates must be able to pass an AWS welder operator qualification test for GMAW processes and have knowledge of basic programming and setup of PLC controlled machinery.

Responsibilities

  • Weld, hammer, grind, and use a variety of different tools.
  • Pass an AWS welder operator qualification test for GMAW processes.
  • Set up and program PLC controlled machinery.

Requirements

  • Ability to pass an AWS welder operator qualification test for GMAW processes.
  • Knowledge of basic programming and setup of PLC controlled machinery.

Benefits

  • None specified.

Additional Information

  • None specified.

How this job compares in Valley, NE

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Nebraska currently run a median of $24/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $23–$28/hr across 22 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 Valley, NE

Valley, NE is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Nebraska as a whole we're tracking 26 other active welding openings from 23 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Nebraska.

Valmont Industries currently has 1 other opening live in Nebraska, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Nebraska at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Standard Iron (2), Klute Careers (2), and Chief (2). 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.

See all robotic welder openings if you want to compare this against similar roles.

Similar openings near Valley, NE

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