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Overview

Valmont is a Fortune 1000 company focused on advancing agricultural productivity and reimagining vital infrastructure. The Welding Training Specialist will lead training through Valmont’s welder training program, provide on-the-job coaching, and administer welder qualifications according to AWS standards.

Responsibilities

  • Lead training through Valmont’s welder training program.
  • Administer welder qualifications per applicable AWS standards.
  • Support the improvement, maintenance, and troubleshooting of welding processes.
  • Collaborate with operations, quality, safety, and engineering teams.
  • Execute training program and maintain applicable records.
  • Perform process audits, report, and correct deficiencies.
  • Identify and implement opportunities to improve training.
  • Complete Root Cause Analysis and deploy corrective actions.
  • Conduct hands-on training for various welding processes.
  • Coach and train new and existing welding operators.
  • Conduct welder qualification testing per applicable AWS standards.
  • Order and track materials, PPE, and tools for training.
  • Coordinate with the site welding team and quality department.
  • Recognize safety hazards and provide a safe working environment.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma/GED.
  • Minimum five years of experience in a weld manufacturing environment.
  • Working knowledge of various welding processes.
  • Knowledge of oxyfuel and plasma cutting operations.
  • Commitment to a safe working environment.
  • Ability to obtain Certified Welding Inspector (CWI) and Certified Welding Educator (CWE) accreditations.
  • Working knowledge of applicable codes and standards (e.g., AWS D1.1).
  • Working knowledge of Microsoft Office.
  • Knowledge of Valmont’s quality system and standards.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • 401k
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Travels up to 20% of the time within the United States.
  • Working environment includes industrial shops, training areas, classrooms, and office settings.

Benefits

Health Insurance
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Tulsa, OK

Pay in context

At roughly $14/hr, this posting comes in about 49% below the $27/hr median for welding jobs in Tulsa, OK, where the middle half runs $26–$28/hr across 13 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 0% 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 Tulsa, OK

We're tracking 27 other active welding openings in Tulsa, OK right now, from 21 different employers. 3 of them were added in the last week. Across Oklahoma as a whole we're tracking 88 other active welding openings from 59 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Tulsa, or widen the search to Oklahoma.

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

The most active employers in Oklahoma at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Aerotek (5), Stand-By Personnel (5), and Express Employment Professionals Defunct (4). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Oklahoma, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Tulsa at $27/hr and Oklahoma City at $27/hr. Tulsa is among them.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG, Stick, and Flux-Core 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. Stick (SMAW) burns a flux-coated consumable rod and needs no shielding gas, so it works in wind, rain, and on dirty or rusted steel. That tolerance for bad conditions keeps it the default for field, structural, and repair work.

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.
  • CWI — the AWS Certified Welding Inspector credential. It is an inspection qualification rather than a welding one, requiring documented experience plus a three-part exam, and it is the usual route off the torch into QC.

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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