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TSS

Welder/Millwright

Location

Doswell, VA

Wage

$68,881/yr

Required Skills & Certifications

MIG WeldingStick Welding
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Posted on August 23, 2026

Job Description

Overview

The TSS Group is looking to hire qualified millwrights/welders for their Plant Maintenance Division, which works on fixed structures in stone and sand quarries. They seek candidates with experience in stick and MIG welding, as well as millwright work involving conveyor systems, gearboxes, and bearings.

Responsibilities

Requirements

  • Experience in stick and MIG welding
  • Pipe and plate fabrication experience
  • Preferred experience in millwright work including conveyor systems, gearboxes, and bearings

Benefits

Additional Information

  • The TSS Group works in quarries along the east coast

Benefits

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How this job compares in Doswell, VA

Pay in context

At roughly $33/hr, this posting sits about 14% above the $29/hr median for welding jobs across Virginia — toward the top of a $26–$36/hr middle band drawn from 112 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 70% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Doswell, VA

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Doswell, 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 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. Stick (SMAW) burns a flux-coated consumable rod and needs no shielding gas, so it works in wind, rain, and on dirty or rusted steel. That tolerance for bad conditions keeps it the default for field, structural, and repair work.

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