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Position Title: Welder Wage: $29.60/hour Shift: 1st Hours: 6:00am-2:15pm QPS Employment Group is hiring a Welder for a company in Elkhart Lake, WI. This is a direct hire opportunity on 1st shift. Welder Responsibilities include but are not limited to: - Perform TIG welding on materials, such as aluminum, stainless, and galvanized steel - Form sheet metal products - Set up TIG welder for a larger variety of metals - Read and interpret project plans - Follow written and/or verbal instructions - Operate forklifts - Weld a variety of products Welder Requirements: - Certificate in Welding or 1 year of experience required - Must have the ability to read and interpret project plans - Dedicated, focused, and self-motivated - Pre-employment welding test, basic math test, drug screening, lift test, and physical required - Completion of Culture Index Survey IND999 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! 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.

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How this job compares in Elkhart Lake, WI

Pay in context

At roughly $30/hr, this posting sits about 14% above the $26/hr median for welding jobs across Wisconsin — toward the top of a $24–$30/hr middle band drawn from 98 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 74% 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 Elkhart Lake, WI

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Elkhart Lake, WI, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Wisconsin as a whole we're tracking 147 other active welding openings from 95 employers. Browse welding jobs across Wisconsin.

QPS Employment Group currently has 5 other openings live in Wisconsin, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

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. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Welder - 1st Shift figures were last recalculated when this page was built.