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Overview

This Welder position focuses on laying out, fitting, fabricating, and welding metal components using blueprints and various welding processes. The role primarily involves working with structural steel and performing MIG welding while utilizing basic hand tools and measurement devices.

Responsibilities

  • Lay out, fit, fabricate, and weld metal components using blueprints.
  • Perform MIG welding and related fabrication tasks.
  • Use basic hand tools and measurement devices.

Requirements

  • Strong self-motivation.
  • Ability to work with minimal supervision.
  • Clear and respectful communication with team members.

Benefits

  • None mentioned.

Additional Information

  • None mentioned.

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How this job compares in Gahanna, OH

Pay in context

At roughly $26/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $25/hr median for welding jobs across Ohio, whose middle half runs $21–$30/hr across 141 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 57% 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 Gahanna, OH

Gahanna, OH is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Ohio as a whole we're tracking 236 other active welding openings from 177 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Ohio.

Aerotek currently has 9 other openings live in Ohio, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Ohio at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Aerotek (9), Staffmark (5), and Kadant Black Clawson LLC (4). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Ohio, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Columbus at $33/hr, Aurora at $32/hr, and Cleveland at $26/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG. 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.

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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.