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Job Description

Overview

The Certified Welder position in Charleston, SC involves performing basic welding and steel fabrication tasks for structural steel components in construction projects. The role requires reading shop drawings and adhering to specified tolerances and quality standards.

Responsibilities

  • Interpret and use prints and sketches for layout and welding techniques.
  • Perform general material handling functions including jobsite clean-up and moving materials.
  • Operate motorized equipment such as welding tools, air arcing, bolting, grinding, and cutting torches.
  • Follow company safety rules and properly use assigned personal protective equipment.

Requirements

  • Certified Welder with proven ability to complete structural and equipment welding.
  • Knowledge of interpreting prints and sketches for structural steel fabrication.
  • Pass AWS Welding Test on a one-inch groove test in the horizontal position.
  • Ability to frequently lift, carry, push, and pull up to 50 pounds.
  • Ability to frequently walk, stoop, kneel, reach, and climb.
  • Experience with heavy flux core wire feed welding.
  • TWIC card preferred but not required; ability to obtain one is required.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO
  • 401k

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
401k
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How this job compares in Charleston, SC

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across South Carolina currently run a median of $26/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $22–$34/hr across 54 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 Charleston, SC

Charleston, SC currently has 4 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 2 employers. 1 of them was added in the last week. Across South Carolina as a whole we're tracking 102 other active welding openings from 77 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Charleston, or widen the search to South Carolina.

The most active employers in South Carolina at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Aerotek (6), Keel (3), and ORION (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 South Carolina, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Aiken at $32/hr and Anderson at $27/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for Flux-Core. Flux-cored (FCAW) runs a hollow wire filled with flux, combining MIG-like deposition rates with the outdoor tolerance of stick. It is the workhorse on heavy structural steel and shipbuilding, where thick sections and long welds reward speed.

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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. Certified Welder - Charleston SC figures were last recalculated when this page was built.