Job Description

Overview

As a Manufacturing Specialist Level 3 – Certified Welder at Siemens Energy, you will work in a safe, climate-controlled environment to produce precision parts for large generators. Your role involves interpreting blueprints, performing certified welding, and ensuring high-quality manufacturing while supporting safety and operational excellence.

Responsibilities

  • Inspect parts and welded components to ensure they meet quality and engineering requirements.
  • Operate machinery—including setup and adjustments—and use hand tools for forming, bending, punching, grinding, cutting, brazing, buffing, and welding.
  • Read and interpret blueprints, drawings, engineering specifications, and work packages to determine required operations.
  • Use testing, electrical, and measurement equipment to verify part accuracy and troubleshoot welding issues.
  • Apply materials, solutions, and curing processes according to instructions and support safe lifting and transport of parts.
  • Maintain a clean, organized work area and follow Siemens Energy policies, procedures, and safety standards.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or GED; AWS GTAW certifications required.
  • Up to 3 years of welding experience in a manufacturing environment is preferred.
  • Must be able to read, write, and comprehend English language to understand instructions and other writings.
  • Strong manual dexterity and coordination for welding and part fabrication; ability to pass required welding tests.
  • Moderate computer skills and comfort using digital tools and documentation systems.
  • Close attention to detail with strong judgment to follow written and verbal instructions.

Benefits

  • Career growth and development opportunities
  • Health Insurance
  • PTO
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • This is a Weekday Night 2nd Shift role from 3:30PM-2AM.

Benefits

Career growth and development opportunities
Health Insurance
PTO
401k

How this job compares in Fort Payne, 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 $20–$33/hr across 52 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 Fort Payne, AL

Fort Payne, AL is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Alabama as a whole we're tracking 116 other active welding openings from 85 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Alabama.

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 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. Manufacturing Specialist - Welder-Level 3- 2nd Shift (Weekday Nights, 3:30PM -2AM) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.