MIG Welder
Location
Mt Sterling, KY
Wage
$17/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Required Skills & Certifications
MIG Welding
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Posted on August 31, 2026
Job Description
Now hiring for a MIG Welder
Location: Mt Sterling, KY
Pay Rate: $17.00 per hour
Schedule:
- Weekend Shift | Friday – Sunday
- 5:00 AM – 5:30 PM
- Work 36 hrs. but paid for 40
Weld Like a Rock Star. MIG Welders Needed
Looking for MIG Welder jobs in Mt Sterling where your welding skills help build quality products? This opportunity lets you apply your craftsmanship to fabricate, join, and repair metal components while supporting safe, efficient manufacturing operations.
If your skills and experience are a good match for this role please apply today. This opportunity is based on a MIG Welder career path and is being offered by Staffmark to qualified candidates.
Job Duties
- Spot weld
- Mig weld
Requirements
- Manufacturing experience preferred
- Welding experience preferred
- Can train for spot welding
- Comfortable working in a hot environment
Benefits
- Competitive Weekly Pay
- Comprehensive Benefits including medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- Life Insurance and Disability Insurance for added peace of mind.
- Optional 401(k) Plan to help you prepare for the future.
- Safety-Focused Manufacturing Environment with opportunities for skill development and career growth.
“Staffmark has great opportunities” -Geralson, Staffmark Associate
Don’t just clock in, build something real. Apply now.
What You Will Do
As a MIG Welder you will prepare materials, set up welding equipment, perform MIG welding operations, inspect completed welds, read blueprints, verify measurements, and help fabricate metal components according to engineering specifications. You will maintain welding equipment, follow quality standards, and support safe, efficient manufacturing operations while producing consistent, high-quality work.
A MIG Welder joins and fabricates metal components using MIG welding processes to produce strong, accurate, and reliable finished products. This role combines technical welding knowledge, mechanical aptitude, and craftsmanship to support manufacturing and fabrication operations.
Successful MIG Welder professionals understand welding techniques, blueprint interpretation, material preparation, and weld quality while maintaining safe work practices and consistent production standards. Attention to detail is essential for producing durable, high-quality weldments.
This profession is ideal for individuals who enjoy hands-on fabrication work, technical skill development, and producing quality metal products.
Benefits
401k
Dental
Vision
How this job compares in Mt Sterling, KY
Pay in context
At roughly $17/hr, this posting comes in about 32% below the $25/hr median for welding jobs across Kentucky, where the middle half runs $22–$28/hr across 31 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 3% 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 Mt Sterling, KY
This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Mt Sterling, KY, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Kentucky as a whole we're tracking 46 other active welding openings from 37 employers. Browse welding jobs across Kentucky.
The most active employers in Kentucky at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Snelling (3), BAE Systems (3), and Department of the Navy - Agency Wide (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 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.
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