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Job Description

Overview

The Maine Department of Transportation is seeking a Welder/Fabricator for heavy-duty trucks and equipment to perform welding and fabrication tasks. The role involves maintenance and repair of metal objects and industrial equipment, with a preference for candidates with experience in heavy construction vehicles.

Responsibilities

  • Perform structure and craft work in welding and fabrication.
  • Modify, maintain, and repair a variety of metal objects and industrial equipment.
  • Disassemble, design, assemble, and repair metal and nonmetal materials.
  • Fabricate structures from blueprints and sketches.
  • Operate heavy vehicles and construction equipment.
  • Provide oversight to others performing welding duties.

Requirements

  • Two years of experience, education, or training in welding, metal fabrication, or a related field.
  • Basic knowledge of metallurgical science, blueprint interpretation, and welding techniques.
  • Must obtain a State of Maine Class B CDL with air endorsements.
  • Pass the MaineDOT Welder Certification to attain permanent status.

Benefits

  • PTO
  • Health Insurance
  • Dental

Additional Information

  • Location: Augusta, ME - Fleet Headquarters.
  • Opening Date: August 13, 2026.
  • Closing Date: August 27, 2026.

Benefits

PTO
Health Insurance
Dental
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How this job compares in Augusta, GA

Pay in context

At roughly $25/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $26/hr median for welder fabricator jobs across Georgia, whose middle half runs $24–$30/hr across 8 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 50% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in Augusta, GA

Augusta, GA currently has 8 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 7 employers. 1 of them was added in the last week. Across Georgia as a whole we're tracking 246 other active welding openings from 161 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Augusta, or widen the search to Georgia.

The most active employers in Georgia at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Mullins Mechanical (6), Aerotek (5), and Gerber Collision & Glass (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 Georgia, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Atlanta at $29/hr, Lithia Springs at $29/hr, and Marietta at $24/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Augusta, GA

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Welder/Fabricator (Heavy-Duty Trucks & Equipment) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.