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Overview

The Fabrication Welder position at The Middleby Corporation involves fabricating weldments of sheet metal for commercial foodservice equipment using MIG and TIG welding techniques. The role requires reading engineering drawings and ensuring high-quality cosmetic finishes while adhering to safety and efficiency standards.

Responsibilities

  • Read and interpret engineering drawings and specifications to determine material, tools, and equipment needed.
  • Assemble and weld various steel weldments and product assemblies to engineering drawing specifications.
  • Inspect welds relative to standard acceptance criteria.
  • Use various measuring, locating, and testing tools.
  • Support a culture ensuring a safe and healthy workplace.
  • Maximize throughput yield while minimizing scrap and material losses.
  • Create, prioritize, and deliver continuous improvement to the business.
  • Willing to work in other areas of the production line if necessary to meet customer demand.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or equivalent.
  • 1-year welding experience.
  • Proficient reading and interpreting engineering drawings, specifications, and bills of material.
  • Welding test will be administered--must demonstrate proper and safe use of equipment.
  • Excellent communication skills.

Benefits

Additional Information

  • The Middleby Corporation is a Drug-free and Tobacco-free Campus.
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How this job compares in Smithville, TN

Pay in context

At roughly $28/hr, this posting sits about 39% above the $20/hr median for welder fabricator jobs across Tennessee — toward the top of a $20–$26/hr middle band drawn from 9 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 78% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Smithville, TN

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Smithville, TN, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Tennessee as a whole we're tracking 92 other active welding openings from 65 employers. Browse welding jobs across Tennessee.

The most active employers in Tennessee at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Oshkosh Corporation (4), Epiroc (3), and Aerotek (3). 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 and TIG work. 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. TIG (GTAW) uses a non-consumable tungsten electrode with filler added by hand, giving the operator the most control of any process. It is slow, demanding, and the standard for stainless, aluminum, and anything where the bead has to look as good as it holds.

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