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Job Description

Overview

A Welder Fabricator is responsible for welding and fabricating metal components to assemble structural forms, such as machinery frames, pipes, and equipment. This role requires expertise in welding techniques, blueprint reading, and precision measurements.

Responsibilities

  • Perform various types of welding processes, including MIG, TIG, and stick welding.
  • Weld components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions.
  • Interpret and understand engineering drawings and blueprints.
  • Measure and cut materials according to specifications.
  • Shape and assemble metal components using manual or automated tools.
  • Operate welding equipment and machinery safely and efficiently.
  • Maintain and troubleshoot equipment as needed.

Requirements

  • Proficient in MIG, TIG, and stick welding.
  • Ability to weld various metals, including steel, aluminum, and stainless steel.

Additional Information

  • Hours: 6:00am- 2:30pm Monday- Friday 1st shift
  • Location: Cranston, RI
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How this job compares in Cranston, RI

Pay in context

At roughly $25/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $27/hr median for welding jobs across Rhode Island, whose middle half runs $24–$40/hr across 9 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 44% 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 Cranston, RI

Cranston, RI is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Rhode Island as a whole we're tracking 12 other active welding openings from 8 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Rhode Island.

Ultimate Staffing currently has 1 other opening live in Rhode Island, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Rhode Island at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are General Dynamics Electric Boat (5). 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, 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.

See all TIG 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. TIG Welder 1st Shift $25 Cranston, RI figures were last recalculated when this page was built.