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Overview

JARP Industries Inc is seeking a Welder to join our custom hydraulic manufacturing team in Onalaska, WI. The role involves fabricating, fitting, and welding steel components for hydraulic cylinders and related assemblies using various welding processes.

Responsibilities

  • Fabricate, fit, and weld steel components for hydraulic cylinders and related assemblies.
  • Use MIG, TIG, and flux-core welding processes.
  • Read blueprints and set up fixtures.
  • Perform quality welds to tight tolerances.
  • Inspect work to meet customer and safety standards.
  • Collaborate closely with engineers and production staff.

Requirements

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Additional Information

  • Location: Onalaska, WI
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How this job compares in Kelly, WI

Pay in context

At roughly $31/hr, this posting sits about 18% above the $26/hr median for welding jobs across Wisconsin — toward the top of a $22–$30/hr middle band drawn from 115 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 86% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Kelly, WI

Kelly, 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.

JARP Industries Inc currently has 8 other openings 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 (8), 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, TIG, 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. 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.

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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 figures were last recalculated when this page was built.