Welder Technician
Location
Indianapolis, IN
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on August 12, 2026
Location
Indianapolis, IN
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on August 12, 2026
The Welder Technician position at Altec involves performing welding and metal preparation tasks, including sanding and grinding configurations. Altec is a company founded in 1929, specializing in the manufacture and service of aerial devices and other equipment for various markets.
This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Indianapolis, IN currently run a median of $24/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $21–$30/hr across 14 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 20 other active welding openings in Indianapolis, IN right now, from 14 different employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Indiana as a whole we're tracking 130 other active welding openings from 103 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Indianapolis, or widen the search to Indiana.
The most active employers in Indiana at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Aerotek (9), Forest River (4), and Lozier Corporation (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 Indiana, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Indianapolis at $24/hr, Fort Wayne at $24/hr, and Middlebury at $21/hr. Indianapolis is among them.
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.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Welder Technician figures were last recalculated when this page was built.