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Job Description

Overview

Tencarva is hiring a MIG Welder to assist with the fabrication of custom, skid-mounted pump packages for various applications. This shop-based role focuses on layout, fit-up, and MIG welding of structural and mechanical components.

Responsibilities

  • Fabricates bases and mounts the pump, motor, and drives to those bases.
  • Perform MIG (GMAW) welding on carbon steel and related materials.
  • Read and interpret blueprints, fabrication drawings, welding symbols, and schematics.
  • Use shop tools such as saws, grinders, drills, and measuring equipment.
  • Layout, fit, and assemble frames, skids, supports, piping components, and brackets.
  • Verify dimensions and fit-up prior to welding.
  • Produce welds that meet visual and dimensional requirements.
  • Maintains and service welding equipment.
  • Keeps work area safe and clean and adheres to Company safety rules and policies.
  • Follow shop safety procedures and welding best practices.
  • Communicate with supervisors or engineering when drawings or fit-up issues arise.
  • Other duties as assigned by management.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or 3-5 years related work experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Certification in welding preferred.
  • Hands-on MIG welding experience in a fabrication or manufacturing environment.
  • Ability to read and work from blueprints and technical drawings.
  • Experience with basic fabrication, layout, and fit-up.
  • Reliable attendance and ability to work independently or as part of a team.
  • Certified MIG welder (AWS or equivalent) preferred.
  • Experience fabricating industrial skids, pump packages, or custom assemblies preferred.
  • Exposure to TIG or stick welding preferred.
  • Forklift or overhead crane experience preferred.

Benefits

  • 401k
  • PTO
  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision

Benefits

401k
PTO
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
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How this job compares in Guilford College, NC

Pay in context

At roughly $31/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $28/hr median for welder fabricator jobs across North Carolina, whose middle half runs $22–$28/hr across 8 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 100% 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 Guilford College, NC

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Guilford College, NC, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across North Carolina as a whole we're tracking 129 other active welding openings from 91 employers. Browse welding jobs across North Carolina.

Tencarva Machinery Company currently has 1 other opening live in North Carolina, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in North Carolina at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Environmental Air Systems (5), Southern Industrial Constructors, Inc. (4), and Aerotek (4). 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 Stick 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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