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Schuette Metals

Welder/Fabricator

Location

Rothschild, WI

Wage

$45,760 – $60,320/yr

Employment Type

Full-time

Required Skills & Certifications

MIG Welding
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Posted on August 18, 2026

Job Description

Overview

Schuette Inc. is a leader in full-service fabrication since 1957, specializing in metal fabrication for various industries including architecture, construction, and defense. The company is committed to exceeding customer expectations through advanced technologies.

Responsibilities

  • Read blueprints and/or work orders to determine product or work instructions specifications.
  • MIG Weld miscellaneous parts per customer specification using weld fixtures.
  • Complete proper job set-up, including changing a wire, gas, general maintenance, adjust wire feed speed, amperage, and Voltage.
  • Inspect and measure completed weldments to ensure conformance to specifications using measuring tools.
  • Transfer components, products or assemblies to the proper storage type as called out in the Work Instructions or Job Traveler.
  • Prepare metal surfaces or workpieces, using hand-operated equipment such as grinders and drills.
  • Record operational information on specified Production Reports.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma or equivalent.
  • Minimum 1 year of school and/or experience welding.
  • Ability to read and interpret blueprints and other drawing aids.
  • Ability to follow all safety protocols and use personal protective equipment (PPE).
  • Efficiently manage time to meet production deadlines.
  • Maintain a level of accuracy and quality in all final products.
  • Ability to communicate with team members and leads to share updates on machine performance and production progress.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • 1st Shift 5:00am-1:30pm (Monday-Friday)
  • 2nd Shift 1:30pm-12:00am (Monday-Thursday)
  • Work is performed in an office and manufacturing plant environment.
  • This is an onsite role, requiring consistent presence at the location.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
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How this job compares in Rothschild, WI

Pay in context

At roughly $26/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $25/hr median for welder fabricator jobs across Wisconsin, whose middle half runs $20–$26/hr across 19 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 58% 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 Rothschild, WI

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Rothschild, WI, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Wisconsin as a whole we're tracking 171 other active welding openings from 117 employers. Browse welding jobs across Wisconsin.

The most active employers in Wisconsin at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are QPS Employment Group (10), JARP Industries Inc (9), and SEEK Careers/Staffing (5). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Wisconsin, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Oshkosh at $30/hr, Waukesha at $26/hr, and Hartford at $26/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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.

See all welder fabricator openings if you want to compare this against similar roles.

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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. Welder/Fabricator figures were last recalculated when this page was built.