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Traveling Tig Welder

Location

Oshkosh, WI

Wage

$27 – $35.1/hr

Employment Type

Full-time

Required Skills & Certifications

TIG WeldingStick Welding
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Posted on September 1, 2026

Job Description

Overview

Seeking a Traveling Electrical TIG Welder for a direct hire opportunity with a client based in St. Cloud, MN. This role combines TIG welding with hands-on electrical field service at power generation facilities across the United States, requiring travel up to 60%.

Responsibilities

  • Perform aluminum TIG welding on horizontal and vertical pipe (1/8"–1" thickness)
  • Complete approximately 80% electrical bus duct inspection, maintenance, installation, and refurbishment work
  • Perform up to 20% TIG welding, depending on project requirements
  • Inspect, clean, paint, silver plate, and refurbish bus duct systems
  • Install bus duct systems, including rigging, alignment, and torquing
  • Read blueprints and follow detailed procedures and safety standards
  • Maintain accurate field documentation and job records
  • Keep work areas clean, organized, and safe
  • Collaborate with foremen and crew members while actively seeking feedback and guidance
  • Complete required computer-based training and testing

Requirements

  • Minimum 2 years of TIG welding experience with aluminum or stainless steel
  • Welding certification from an accredited school preferred
  • Valid driver's license
  • OSHA 10 certification required before start date
  • Comfortable working at heights and in confined industrial environments
  • Willing to travel extensively
  • Ability to become certified under company welding procedures, including SMAW, GTAW, and GMAW processes
  • Ability to read blueprints and technical documents
  • Strong communication and teamwork skills
  • Basic computer proficiency
  • Ability to lift up to 50 pounds

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Travel approximately 60% throughout the U.S.
  • Assignments typically last 2–8 weeks, with some extending up to 3–6 months
  • Emergency outage response is required, with the ability to mobilize within 24 hours
  • Expect extended schedules during outages, including 6-day/10-hour or 7-day/12-hour workweeks
  • Day and night shifts are required based on project needs
  • Workload is heaviest during the spring and fall outage seasons
  • A REAL ID or valid passport is required for air travel

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
401k
PTO
Vision
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How this job compares in Oshkosh, WI

Pay in context

At roughly $31/hr, this posting sits about 19% above the $26/hr median for welding jobs across Wisconsin — toward the top of a $24–$30/hr middle band drawn from 97 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 89% 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 Oshkosh, WI

Oshkosh, WI currently has 9 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 5 employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Wisconsin as a whole we're tracking 146 other active welding openings from 94 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Oshkosh, or widen the search to Wisconsin.

The most active employers in Wisconsin at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are JARP Industries Inc (9), Staff on Site (9), and Aerotek (7). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Wisconsin, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Oshkosh at $30/hr, Schofield at $26/hr, and Waukesha at $26/hr. Oshkosh is among them.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for TIG and Stick 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. 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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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Traveling Tig Welder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.