Job Description

Position Title: Aluminum Welder Wage: $26.41 per hour Shift: 2nd Hours: 1:30pm-10:00pm (Mon-Fri) QPS Employment Group has a great Aluminum Welder position available at a company in Saint Charles, MO. This is a 2nd shift position with the opportunity for hire.  Aluminum Welder Responsibilities include but are not limited to: - Setups and operates welders to hand weld products in a safe, efficient, quality and ergonomic manner. - Adjusts welders as needed to maintain part quality. - Continuously produces at an acceptable level of productivity with some supervision. - Capable of setting own machine for materials welded, producing little smoke or splatter. - Produces acceptable-quality welds with good workmanship and very few rejects. - Consistently produces at an acceptable level of productivity with some supervision. - Has ability to produce products in fixtures and which components are required for the products. - Produces high quality welds with good workmanship and minimal rejects. - Completes own work to print requirements. - Verifies and refers to Bill of Materials (BOM). - Builds Design Fixtures. - Reads and understands prints and symbols - Able to manufacture products to specifications without a fixture. This is accomplished using a weld table, prints, tapes measure, protractor, clamps, etc. o Take ownership for assigned equipment and housekeeping. - Utilize IQMS to correctly identify parts, determines part locations, checks inventory, closes out orders, and other daily functions. - Professionally communicates production issues, seeks clarification and resolution from front line employees and management. - Proficiently welds Aluminum, Galvanized steel, Carbon Steel, and Stainless steel. - Achieves BOM rates for established products. - Uses basic math to complete dimensions needed - Produces quality parts with no rejects - Fills in or assists in leading production team when needed. - Produces quality parts with no rejects. - Performs other duties as assigned. Aluminum Welder Requirements: - Previous manufacturing experience preferred. - MIG welding experience. - Balances, stoops, kneels, crouches, and reaches to work overhead. - Walks or stands for a minimum of 8 hours with limited breaks. - Pushes and pulls materials, fingers and grasps parts and components. - Exerts up to 45 pounds of force frequently. - Pays close visual acuity to perform inspections and operate machines. - Tolerates extremes in weather and machine temperature. - Tolerates loud noise. - Extensive use with power/hand tools. About us: QPS Employment Group is a full-service staffing firm comprised of dedicated and passionate people with over 50 offices throughout the United States. We place great people with great companies in industrial, skilled trades, administrative, manufacturing, general labor and professional employment. Hiring immediately!   Why Work with QPS? - Access to sought-after positions with leading employers - Dedicated placement specialists who will guide you through every step of the job search process   Best of all, our job matching and resume assistance services are 100% free to job seekers and we will never ask you to pay a fee!   Please note that QPS Employment Group may use a virtual recruiting assistant to help screen and schedule candidates efficiently. All information collected through this process is used solely for employment purposes and is handled securely in accordance with our privacy policy.   We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

How this job compares in Saint Charles, MO

Pay in context

At roughly $26/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $25/hr median for welding jobs across Missouri, whose middle half runs $23–$31/hr across 59 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 56% 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 Saint Charles, MO

Saint Charles, MO currently has 3 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 2 employers. 2 of them were added in the last week. Across Missouri as a whole we're tracking 80 other active welding openings from 53 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Saint Charles, or widen the search to Missouri.

QPS Employment Group currently has 7 other openings live in Missouri, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Missouri at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are QPS Employment Group (7), Webco Manufacturing (6), and Express Employment Professionals Defunct (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 Missouri, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Saint Louis at $29/hr and Kansas City at $24/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.

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

Similar openings near Saint Charles, MO

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. 2nd shift - Aluminum Welder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.