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Overview

The Traveling Welder position involves providing general construction labor tasks as part of a welding crew to erect precast concrete panels, ensuring efficiency and safety in all operations.

Responsibilities

  • Completes general construction labor tasks necessary to weld precast concrete panels.
  • Takes work direction from detail or erection crew foreperson.
  • May perform work of a miscellaneous nature as directed by foreperson.
  • Uses materials/supplies in an efficient manner.
  • Handles equipment in a responsible manner.
  • Follows established safety procedures and policies.

Requirements

  • Welding experience.
  • Ability to carry out simple and complex verbal instructions.
  • Ability to work well with others and maintain professional conduct at all times.
  • Ability to work from heights, including but not limited to ladders and aerial work platforms.
  • Ability to obtain membership to a local union.
  • General knowledge of construction practices.
  • Valid driver’s license and reliable means of transportation.
  • Ability to travel extensively, up to 50% or more, including occasional overnight travel, and to work hours outside the standard schedule as needed.
  • 2+ years of construction or manual labor experience (preferred).
  • High school diploma or equivalent (preferred).
  • Certified Welder (AWS, 3g & 4g) (preferred).
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How this job compares in Toledo, OH

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Ohio currently run a median of $26/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $24–$30/hr across 106 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 Toledo, OH

Toledo, OH currently has 4 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 4 employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Ohio as a whole we're tracking 164 other active welding openings from 105 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Toledo, or widen the search to Ohio.

The most active employers in Ohio at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are TP Mechanical (8), Phillips Tank & Structure (5), and Aerotek (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 Ohio, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Columbus at $30/hr, Canton at $29/hr, and Cleveland at $26/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Certifications this posting mentions

  • 3G / 4G — plate position tests — 3G is welded vertically, 4G overhead. Together they demonstrate you can hold a puddle against gravity, and they are the common entry qualifications for structural and production shops.

Read straight from this posting's text. Confirm the exact qualification the employer wants before you test — requirements vary by shop even under the same code.

Similar openings near Toledo, OH

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