Welder
Location
Baton Rouge, LA
Wage
$30 – $36/hr
Employment Type
Contract
Required Skills & Certifications
MIG WeldingTIG WeldingFlux-Core Welding
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Posted on August 18, 2026
Job Description
Overview
FlexTrades is hiring experienced Welders for upcoming manufacturing projects across various industries including aerospace, medical, HVAC, and pressure vessels. This role is suited for welders comfortable working in fast-paced, production-driven environments with consistent hours.
Responsibilities
- Read and interpret blueprints and weld symbols (AWS)
- Follow weld prints and identify layouts
- Meet production and daily output requirements
- Use grinders and hand tools for cleanup and finishing
- Ensure weld quality meets inspection standards
- Follow safety procedures and maintain a clean work area
Requirements
- Experience with MIG, TIG, or Flux-Core welding in production
- Ability to read blueprints and weld symbols (required)
- Understanding of weld quality standards
- Experience working with different materials
- Ability to produce consistent welds
- Comfortable working in a production environment
- Basic grinding and finishing experience
- Able to lift up to 50 lbs (assistance available if needed)
Benefits
- Paid travel to and from the project
- Paid lodging (single-occupancy hotel room)
- $45 per day per diem
- Full benefits package available
Additional Information
- 50+ hours per week
- Overtime paid at time and a half
- Weekly gross: approximately $1,965 to $2,295
- Employees are allowed to bring spouse, family, or pets.
Benefits
Paid travel to and from the project
Paid lodging (single-occupancy hotel room)
$45 per day per diem
Full benefits package available
How this job compares in Baton Rouge, LA
Pay in context
At roughly $33/hr, this posting sits about 22% above the $27/hr median for welding jobs across Louisiana — toward the top of a $23–$35/hr middle band drawn from 37 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 65% 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 Baton Rouge, LA
Baton Rouge, LA currently has 6 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 5 employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Louisiana as a whole we're tracking 100 other active welding openings from 71 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Baton Rouge, or widen the search to Louisiana.
The most active employers in Louisiana at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Worley (9), Savard Group (6), and The Shaw Group (3). 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, 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.