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Overview

IMI Industrial Services Group is a full service industrial contractor specializing in structural fabrication. They are seeking a full-time Welder / Fabricator in the Athens, GA area to join their team.

Responsibilities

  • Align and fit parts according to specifications using various tools.
  • Hammer, chip, and grind workpieces to cut, bend, and straighten metal.
  • Layout and examine metal stock to ensure specifications are met.
  • Locate and mark workpieces for bending and cutting lines.
  • Mark reference points onto floors or face blocks and transpose them to workpieces.
  • Move parts into position manually or using hoists and cranes.
  • Position, align, fit, and weld parts to form complete units or subunits.
  • Position or tighten braces, jacks, clamps, ropes, and bolt parts for welding.
  • Straighten warped or bent parts using various tools.
  • Set up and operate fabricating machines to form and assemble metal components.
  • Setup face blocks, jigs, and fixtures.
  • Smooth workpiece edges and fix taps, tubes, and valves.
  • Study engineering drawings and blueprints to determine material requirements.
  • Tack-weld fitted parts together.
  • Verify conformance of workpieces to specifications.

Requirements

  • 1-3 years' experience in welding or fabrication.
  • NCCER certification or completion of a related program through an accredited technical school.
  • Ability to tig weld for stainless steel.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • 401k
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Must be able to climb, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, reach, stand, walk, push, pull, lift, grasp, twist, and bend for extended periods.
  • Lift and carry materials weighing up to 50 pounds; occasionally lift items weighing more than 50 pounds with assistance.

Benefits

Health Insurance
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Athens, GA

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Georgia currently run a median of $28/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $21–$32/hr across 110 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Athens, GA

Athens, GA is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 2 employers. Across Georgia as a whole we're tracking 246 other active welding openings from 162 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Georgia.

IMI Industrial Services Group currently has 1 other opening live in Georgia, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

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.

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.

See all structural welder openings if you want to compare this against similar roles.

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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. Structural Welder / Fabricator figures were last recalculated when this page was built.