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Handi Products

Steel MIG Welder / Fabricator

Location

Sturtevant, WI

Wage

$20 – $23/hr

Employment Type

Full-time

Required Skills & Certifications

MIG Welding
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Posted on August 18, 2026

Job Description

Overview

Handi Trailers, a division of Handi Products, is hiring Steel MIG Welders in Yorkville, WI. This full-time position offers competitive pay based on experience and allows skilled individuals to contribute to building trailers that support accessibility, safety, and mobility.

Responsibilities

  • MIG weld steel trailer or yard ramps and components per blueprints or shop drawings
  • Inspect work for strength, accuracy, and appearance
  • Use a variety of shop tools including grinders, saws, torches, and plasma cutters
  • Maintain a clean, safe, and organized work area
  • Meet daily production goals through teamwork and communication
  • Lift up to 75 lbs and stand for extended periods (up to 8 hours)
  • Work efficiently in a fast-paced, multitasking environment
  • Contribute to material tracking and fixture/jig setup as needed
  • Demonstrate attention to detail, strong work ethic, and a positive attitude

Requirements

  • 2–4 years of experience as a steel MIG welder
  • No certification required
  • Skills and passion for quality

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • Full-time position
  • Located in Yorkville, WI

Benefits

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

Pay in context

At roughly $22/hr, this posting comes in about 14% below the $25/hr median for welder fabricator jobs across Wisconsin, where the middle half runs $20–$26/hr across 19 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 26% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.

The local market in Sturtevant, WI

Sturtevant, WI is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Wisconsin as a whole we're tracking 171 other active welding openings from 118 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Wisconsin.

Handi Products currently has 1 other opening live in Wisconsin, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

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