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Overview

The Welder-MIG position involves performing various welding duties on the 2nd shift in Denver, NC, with a pay rate ranging from $20.59 to $22.09 plus a 10% shift differential. This is a temporary to permanent role requiring MIG welding experience and good attendance.

Responsibilities

  • Adjust locating rails and stops for length and width of assembly.
  • Place components into fixture and clamp in place using various clamping devices.
  • MIG weld bead or tack all accessible joints as necessary.
  • Manually weld connectors to beams or touch up welds as required.
  • Make necessary adjustments to wire feed, heat, and gas flow.
  • Use gas torch to cut notches and heat parts for bending as required.
  • Obtain material from storage and prepare it for welding.
  • Maintain the work area in a clean and orderly condition.

Requirements

  • MIG welding experience or formal MIG welding training.
  • Ability to read a tape measure.
  • Good attendance record.

Benefits

(No benefits mentioned)

Additional Information

  • Hours: Monday thru Thursday 3:30pm to 2:00am with mandatory OT on Fridays and Saturdays based on business need.
  • Job location is in Denver, NC 28037.
  • Temp to Perm.
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How this job compares in Denver, NC

Pay in context

At roughly $21/hr, this posting comes in about 29% below the $30/hr median for welding jobs across North Carolina, where the middle half runs $24–$32/hr across 106 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 15% 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 Denver, NC

Denver, NC is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 2 employers. Across North Carolina as a whole we're tracking 157 other active welding openings from 82 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across North Carolina.

Welding Shop in Charlotte, NC currently has 2 other openings live in North Carolina, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in North Carolina at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are West Fraser (49), Southern Industrial Constructors, Inc. (4), and Carrier Global (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 North Carolina, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Charlotte at $36/hr and Seaboard at $29/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 MIG welder openings if you want to compare this against similar roles.

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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. Welder- MIG figures were last recalculated when this page was built.