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Overview

Custom Truck One Source is a leader in specialized truck and heavy equipment solutions, offering a range of services including sales, rentals, and equipment customization. The Welder position involves performing various welding tasks and supporting the welding department in a fast-paced industrial environment.

Responsibilities

  • Perform electric arc/wire welding on various types of metal.
  • Use oxygen/acetylene cutting torches and plasma cutting tools.
  • Fit and weld parts for heavy equipment assembly.
  • Support welding department with a variety of essential and varied tasks as needed.
  • Perform daily clean up procedures on equipment and general work areas.
  • Abide by all safety policies and procedures.

Requirements

  • Must have ability to read engineering drawings.
  • Requires a working knowledge of welding and cutting equipment, such as MIG welders, torches, and plasma cutter.
  • Previous experience with overhead cranes required.
  • Requires ability to be certified to AWS.B21-1-020-94 and AWS. D1.1-10.
  • Candidate must be able to work designated shift and overtime when necessary.
  • Minimum one year of welding experience preferred.
  • Basic computer navigation and software skills needed for onboarding and daily timekeeping.
  • Must be at least 18 years of age.
  • Successful applicant must complete a pre-employment drug test and background check.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • The job is performed under extreme temperature variations and some hazardous conditions.
  • Must be able to safely operate equipment at heights up to and exceeding 100 feet.
  • Occasional lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling; some climbing and balancing on ladders and platforms of heights above 42 inches.

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
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How this job compares in Forest, VA

Pay in context

At roughly $23/hr, this posting comes in about 22% below the $30/hr median for welding jobs across Virginia, where the middle half runs $26–$36/hr across 112 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 17% 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 Forest, VA

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

The most active employers in Virginia at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are HII (6), Colonna's Shipyard (6), and Mission Technologies, a division of HII (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 Virginia, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Newport News at $41/hr, Portsmouth at $37/hr, and Norfolk at $32/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.

Certifications this posting mentions

  • AWS D1.1 — the American Welding Society's Structural Welding Code for steel. It governs almost all building and structural steel work in the US, so a D1.1 qualification is the baseline credential for construction and ironworking.

Read straight from this posting's text. Confirm the exact qualification the employer wants before you test — requirements vary by shop even under the same code.

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