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Metalworks

Evening Welder

Location

Air Park, NE

Wage

$21 – $26/hr

Employment Type

Full-time

Required Skills & Certifications

MIG WeldingTIG Welding
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Posted on August 18, 2026

Job Description

Overview

Metalworks is a family-owned business that values a positive, supportive, and safe work environment while also emphasizing the importance of time outside of work. They are seeking a motivated individual to join their welding department, focusing on quality and production goals.

Responsibilities

  • Reading blueprints and drawings and taking measurements to verify quality production.
  • Determining the appropriate welding equipment or method based on requirements.
  • Operating angle grinders to prepare/finish the welded parts.
  • Aligning components using fixtures, calipers, rulers, etc., and clamping pieces.
  • Welding components using manual or semi-automatic welding equipment in various positions.
  • Setting up and operating Robotic Welding cells.
  • Providing continuous improvement feedback to help increase productivity.

Requirements

  • Experience using MIG and/or TIG equipment.
  • Experience in using electrical or manual tools (saws, squares, calipers, etc.).
  • Ability to read and interpret technical documents and drawings.
  • Knowledge of relative safety standards and willingness to use protective clothing.
  • Attention to detail with an emphasis on quality and production efficiency.
  • AAS in Welding Technology or two years of welding experience.
  • AWS D1.1 & AWS D1.3 certification preferred.
  • Proficient in English.

Benefits

  • Holiday Pay
  • 401k
  • Health Insurance
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Second Shift: 4:30PM-3AM Monday-Thursday and mandatory OT when applicable.

Benefits

Holiday Pay
401k
Health Insurance
PTO
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How this job compares in Air Park, NE

Pay in context

At roughly $24/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $24/hr median for welding jobs across Nebraska, whose middle half runs $23–$28/hr across 21 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 33% 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 Air Park, NE

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Air Park, NE, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Nebraska as a whole we're tracking 26 other active welding openings from 22 employers. Browse welding jobs across Nebraska.

The most active employers in Nebraska at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Standard Iron (2), Valmont Industries (2), and Klute Careers (2). 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.

Certifications this posting mentions

  • AWS D1.1 — the American Welding Society's Structural Welding Code for steel. It governs almost all building and structural steel work in the US, so a D1.1 qualification is the baseline credential for construction and ironworking.

Read straight from this posting's text. Confirm the exact qualification the employer wants before you test — requirements vary by shop even under the same code.

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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. Evening Welder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.