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Overview

The 1st/2nd Class Mechanic (Welder) position involves assembling and welding various tank parts and components. The role requires reading blueprints, performing high-quality welds, and material handling, with a focus on safety and teamwork.

Responsibilities

  • Read and understand blueprints and sketches (1st Class only).
  • Perform 100% penetration x-ray quality welds (1st Class only).
  • Layout work required for the fabrication of tank parts and components (1st Class only).
  • Material handling using overhead cranes, trucks, or forklift (1st or 2nd Class).
  • Burning of parts and components (1st or 2nd Class).
  • Fit-up and welding tasks of all tank part components (1st Class only).
  • General housekeeping (1st or 2nd Class).
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • High School diploma or GED; or one to three months related experience and/or training or equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Current driver’s license with clear motor vehicle record.
  • Ability to read and interpret documents such as blueprints, sketches, and safety rules.
  • Ability to read a tape measure and perform basic mathematical operations.
  • Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions.

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How this job compares in Okolona, KY

Pay in context

At roughly $27/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $25/hr median for welding jobs across Kentucky, whose middle half runs $23–$31/hr across 40 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 55% 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 Okolona, KY

Okolona, KY is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Kentucky as a whole we're tracking 53 other active welding openings from 41 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Kentucky.

The most active employers in Kentucky at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are BAE Systems (4), SU Solutions (3), and Snelling (3). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Similar openings near Okolona, KY

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. 1st/2nd Class Mechanic (Welder) 2nd/3rd Shifts Available figures were last recalculated when this page was built.