Job Description

Overview

The Code Welder position involves planning, laying out, assembling, and installing metal parts and products according to specifications and blueprints. The role requires a range of welding skills and the operation of various power tools while adhering to safety policies.

Responsibilities

  • Plan and layout metal parts and equipment according to specifications.
  • Assemble and install metal products based on blueprints.
  • Perform a variety of welding tasks including light tacking and heavy welding.
  • Operate power tools such as saws, grinders, drills, and welders.
  • Comply with company safety policies and maintain a clean work area.

Requirements

  • Wide range of welding skills including light tacking to heavy welding.
  • Ability to perform flat, up, and overhead welds according to ASME Codes.
  • Experience operating power tools and overhead cranes.

Benefits

Additional Information

How this job compares in Marlow, OK

Pay in context

At roughly $31/hr, this posting sits about 21% above the $26/hr median for welding jobs across Oklahoma — toward the top of a $21–$32/hr middle band drawn from 51 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 73% 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 Marlow, OK

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Marlow, OK, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Oklahoma as a whole we're tracking 88 other active welding openings from 58 employers. Browse welding jobs across Oklahoma.

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. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Certifications this posting mentions

  • ASME Section IXthe ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code qualification. It covers welding on pressure-retaining equipment — boilers, vessels, and process piping — where a failed weld is a safety incident rather than a rework ticket.

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. Code Welder $2,500 SIGN-ON Bonus figures were last recalculated when this page was built.