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Overview

The Repair Welder - Cradles at Magna is responsible for producing high-quality welded components while ensuring safety, quality, and productivity. Magna offers a dynamic work environment and invests in employee development, focusing on innovative automotive technologies.

Responsibilities

  • Perform welding repairs and complete existing welds using approved welding techniques.
  • Visually inspect welds for fusion, porosity, location, size, burn-through, notching, and undercut.
  • Maintain product quality to ensure finished parts meet or exceed Kamtek standards.
  • Perform required quality checks using QID, QIF, FO/LO processes, and quality alerts.
  • Accurately document production and inventory data using CMS systems.
  • Communicate effectively with team members and support departments across all shifts.
  • Participate in team, department, and plant-wide meetings as required.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma or GED required.
  • Previous manufacturing or fabrication experience preferred.
  • Prior welding experience preferred.
  • Ability to use MIG welding equipment, basic hand tools, computer systems, and scanners.
  • Knowledge of robot fundamentals and workstation panel basics.

Benefits

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

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Birmingham, AL

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Alabama currently run a median of $26/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $19–$33/hr across 50 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Birmingham, AL

We're tracking 12 other active welding openings in Birmingham, AL right now, from 11 different employers. 1 of them was added in the last week. Across Alabama as a whole we're tracking 114 other active welding openings from 84 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Birmingham, or widen the search to Alabama.

Magna International currently has 1 other opening live in Alabama, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Alabama at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Blue Origin (10), Austal USA (4), and Koch Foods (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.

Similar openings near Birmingham, AL

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