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Overview

Join us this spring as a Welder on 2nd shift, where you’ll contribute to creating high-quality components in a fast-paced manufacturing setting. This position requires hands-on welding skills in a team-focused environment.

Responsibilities

  • Read blueprints and use precise measurements to plan weld layouts
  • Set up and align materials for welding, cutting components to size using saws and grinders
  • Weld components using manual or semi-automatic equipment in multiple positions
  • Perform repairs by welding and filling gaps in machinery or components
  • Inspect welded structures to ensure they meet quality standards
  • Work with CAD software to assist in designing parts when needed
  • Input time and materials data into job tracking software
  • Coordinate with supervisors on job priorities and production scheduling
  • Help maintain a clean, safe, and organized workspace
  • Support other production functions as needed, including basic machine operation

Requirements

  • 1+ year of welding experience or equivalent education
  • Familiarity with fabrication tools like saws, grinders, calipers, and rulers
  • Ability to read and interpret blueprints and technical drawings
  • Comfortable working independently and as part of a team
  • Strong attention to detail and accuracy in measurements and welds
  • Basic CAD knowledge is a plus
  • Good math and data entry skills
  • Willingness to work in varying temperatures and occasionally under pressure or tight deadlines

Benefits

  • PTO
  • 401k
  • Health Insurance

Additional Information

  • 2nd shift working Monday-Friday from 2:00pm-10:00pm
  • Ability to lift, load and carry items weighing up to 150 pounds
  • Employment contingent upon successful completion of a pre-employment physical and drug screen

Benefits

PTO
401k
Health Insurance
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How this job compares in Mosinee, WI

Pay in context

At roughly $14/hr, this posting comes in about 43% below the $25/hr median for welder fabricator jobs across Wisconsin, where the middle half runs $22–$26/hr across 19 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 Mosinee, WI

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Mosinee, WI, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Wisconsin as a whole we're tracking 171 other active welding openings from 117 employers. Browse welding jobs across Wisconsin.

The most active employers in Wisconsin at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are QPS Employment Group (10), JARP Industries Inc (9), 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 TIG. 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 2nd Shift Fabrication Mosinee figures were last recalculated when this page was built.