Job Description

Overview

Valmont is seeking a motivated Structural Welder to join their Global Utility Division, where they will contribute to advancing agricultural productivity and vital infrastructure. This position involves welding metal components to fabricate or repair products according to specifications.

Responsibilities

  • Perform structural welding operations by fusing metal components using arc welding processes.
  • Interpret blueprints and written specifications to determine operation sequence.
  • Move pole shafts and materials using an overhead crane.
  • Participate in department safety initiatives and demonstrate safe work practices.
  • Learn and apply Valmont fitting processes within the first 6–12 months of employment.

Requirements

  • One month of previous hands-on welding experience in a manufacturing, fabrication or professional environment.
  • Successful completion of an internal welding test.
  • Ability to perform basic math functions such as adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing.
  • Working knowledge of fixturing and weld set up parameters.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • 401k
  • PTO
  • Employer paid life insurance
  • Employer paid short-term and long-term disability
  • Tuition Reimbursement

Additional Information

  • Location: 801 N Xanthus Tulsa Oklahoma 74110-4949
  • Available Shifts: 2nd - Monday to Thursday 5:00pm - 3:30am; 4th - Friday to Sunday 5:00am - 5:00pm; 5th - Friday to Sunday 5:00pm - 5:00am.

Benefits

Health Insurance
401k
PTO
Employer paid life insurance
Employer paid short-term and long-term disability
Tuition Reimbursement

How this job compares in Tulsa, OK

Pay in context

At roughly $27/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $26/hr median for welding jobs in Tulsa, OK, whose middle half runs $22–$28/hr across 15 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 67% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in Tulsa, OK

We're tracking 32 other active welding openings in Tulsa, OK right now, from 25 different employers. 4 of them were added in the last week. Across Oklahoma as a whole we're tracking 102 other active welding openings from 64 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Tulsa, or widen the search to Oklahoma.

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

The most active employers in Oklahoma at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are American StaffCorp Job Board (7), Aerotek (6), and HireCall (6). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Oklahoma, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Catoosa at $27/hr, Tulsa at $26/hr, and Claremore at $25/hr. Tulsa is among them.

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