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Overview

General Devices is looking for an experienced TIG Welder to join their fabrication team. The role requires strong experience in welding aluminum, stainless, and mild steel, along with the ability to work from blueprints and detailed specifications.

Responsibilities

  • Weld aluminum, stainless, and mild steel using TIG welding techniques.
  • Work from blueprints and detailed specifications.
  • Use fixtures to maintain dimensional tolerances.
  • Demonstrate techniques including heat sinks and clamping.

Requirements

  • Strong experience welding aluminum, stainless, and mild steel.
  • Ability to work from blueprints and detailed specifications.
  • Understanding of using fixtures to maintain dimensional tolerances.
  • Knowledge of techniques including heat sinks and clamping.

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How this job compares in Indianapolis, IN

Pay in context

At roughly $41/hr, this posting sits about 38% above the $30/hr median for welding jobs in Indianapolis, IN — toward the top of a $24–$35/hr middle band drawn from 8 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 100% 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 Indianapolis, IN

We're tracking 16 other active welding openings in Indianapolis, IN right now, from 14 different employers. 1 of them was added in the last week. Across Indiana as a whole we're tracking 154 other active welding openings from 98 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Indianapolis, or widen the search to Indiana.

General Devices Co Inc currently has 1 other opening live in Indiana, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Indiana at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are NCW (36), Aerotek (6), and Lozier Corporation (3). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for TIG. 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.

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