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Job Description

Overview

The welder performs repairs and maintenance to equipment parts, vehicles, and roll-off containers, including painting repaired and new containers.

Responsibilities

  • Performs repairs and maintenance on front and rear load, and roll-off containers.
  • Cuts/welds repairs to vehicle floors, bodies, packing blades, and rails.
  • Welds steel and aluminum components using MIG gun and arc welding equipment.
  • Bends steel components using a break and shear.
  • Cuts steel using a plasma cutter or torch.
  • Fabrics steel components on trucks and containers.
  • Installs lids and wheels on containers.
  • Paints repaired and/or new containers.
  • Cleans the container shop by sweeping debris and taking out the garbage.
  • Follows all safety policies and procedures.
  • Completes required paperwork.
  • Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Requirements

Benefits

Additional Information

  • Inside facility, outside environment exposed to weather and vibrations from trucks and maintenance facility.
  • Occasional exposure to extreme weather conditions.
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How this job compares in Monroe, NC

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across North Carolina currently run a median of $25/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $22–$31/hr across 68 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 Monroe, NC

Monroe, NC is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across North Carolina as a whole we're tracking 129 other active welding openings from 90 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across North Carolina.

The most active employers in North Carolina at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Environmental Air Systems (5), Southern Industrial Constructors, Inc. (4), and Aerotek (4). 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.

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