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Overview

Heidelberg Materials is one of the world's largest suppliers of building materials, operating over 450 locations across the U.S. and Canada with approximately 9,000 employees. The Welder position involves performing welding and fabrication to repair and maintain plant equipment while ensuring safety and quality.

Responsibilities

  • Perform welding and fabrication to repair and maintain plant equipment
  • Safely operate welding machines, cutting torches, and hand tools
  • Inspect equipment and welds to ensure quality and operational reliability
  • Identify repair needs and support maintenance activities to reduce downtime
  • Follow all safety standards and work collaboratively with plant teams

Requirements

  • Demonstrated ability to perform MIG, TIG, and stick welding safely and accurately
  • Capability to read and interpret blueprints, drawings, and weld symbols
  • Strong mechanical aptitude and problem-solving skills
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team
  • Commitment to safety and quality workmanship in an industrial environment

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Successful candidate must submit to post-offer pre-employment physical examination, drug/alcohol screen, and background check
  • Some positions require FMCSA regulated ongoing drug and alcohol testing
  • Role operates primarily in environments with moving mechanical equipment, inclement weather, heat, cold, humidity, and elevated noise levels

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
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How this job compares in Sims, NC

Pay in context

At roughly $30/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $30/hr median for welding jobs across North Carolina, whose middle half runs $25–$32/hr across 105 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 48% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in Sims, NC

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Sims, NC, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across North Carolina as a whole we're tracking 164 other active welding openings from 84 employers. Browse welding jobs across North Carolina.

The most active employers in North Carolina at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are West Fraser (49), Southern Industrial Constructors, Inc. (6), and Carrier Global (5). 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, TIG, and Stick work. 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. 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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