Welder Technician
Location
Indianapolis, IN
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on September 5, 2026
Location
Indianapolis, IN
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on September 5, 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 across Indiana currently run a median of $29/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $23–$31/hr across 86 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 14 other active welding openings in Indianapolis, IN right now, from 12 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 127 other active welding openings from 77 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 NCW (37), Lensing Building Specialties & Architectural Sales (4), and Skillforce (3). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.
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.