Job Description

Overview

The Welder position involves assisting in the timely production of welded parts while ensuring that the welds meet quality standards. The role requires performing various welding operations and contributing to safety and quality improvements in a manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

  • Perform MIG, hand and robotic welding operations to produce product at the required production and quality level as instructed.
  • Perform inspection on product utilizing total quality concepts.
  • Perform preventive maintenance on equipment as needed.
  • Accurately report daily activities on work orders and other media as required.
  • Conduct required quality checks using basic measurement equipment.
  • Keep work areas clean and free of safety hazards.
  • Exercise safe working habits while operating machines, including proper use of personal protective equipment.
  • Actively contribute to the continuous improvement of safety culture, participating in safety training sessions, and promptly reporting any safety concerns.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma/GED required.
  • Prior welding experience required.
  • Ability to pass welding certification test.
  • Must pass drug and alcohol screen and remain drug free throughout the term of employment.
  • Must follow all safety practices and policies.
  • Able to read and understand blueprints and geometric tolerances.
  • Must be able to physically lift 65 lbs.

Benefits

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

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
401k

How this job compares in Berea, KY

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Kentucky currently run a median of $33/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $27–$40/hr across 12 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 Berea, KY

Berea, KY is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Kentucky as a whole we're tracking 20 other active welding openings from 15 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Kentucky.

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

The most active employers in Kentucky at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are SU Solutions (3), Michelin (2), and Messer Construction Co. (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.

Similar openings near Berea, KY

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