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Overview

NABRICO Marine Products is seeking a safety-focused Structural Welder/Fitter to join their team in Ashland City, Tennessee. The role involves laying out, positioning, aligning, and assembling fabricated steel components for inland barges while ensuring quality and adherence to safety standards.

Responsibilities

  • Read and interpret blueprints, drawings, work orders, schematics, and fabrication specifications.
  • Lay out, position, align, fit, and assemble structural steel components according to specifications.
  • Measure, mark, and verify dimensions to ensure proper fit-up and assembly.
  • Operate oxy-fuel cutting equipment to cut, wash, and prepare materials.
  • Perform tack welding to secure components prior to final welding.
  • Identify and organize parts in the proper sequence for assembly.
  • Operate overhead cranes and material handling equipment as required.
  • Inspect assemblies to ensure compliance with quality standards and dimensional requirements.
  • Follow all company safety policies, procedures, and best practices.
  • Participate in safety initiatives and continuous improvement activities as needed.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • Minimum of one (1) year of fitting, fabrication, assembly, shipbuilding, structural steel, or related manufacturing experience.
  • Basic fitting, layout, and assembly skills.
  • Ability to read and interpret blueprints, drawings, and fabrication specifications.
  • Working knowledge of measuring tools and fabrication techniques.
  • Ability to complete a 6-8" of tack weld with SMAW (Stick) and FCAW (Flux Core).
  • Ability to perform basic math calculations, including fractions and measurements.
  • Strong attention to detail and commitment to quality workmanship.
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Benefits

  • 401k
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Position available for 1st & 2nd Shift.
  • Ability to work in an industrial manufacturing environment.
  • Willingness to work overtime, weekends, and holidays based on production needs.

Benefits

401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Ashland City, TN

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Tennessee currently run a median of $24/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $20–$29/hr across 51 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 Ashland City, TN

Ashland City, TN is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Tennessee as a whole we're tracking 90 other active welding openings from 67 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Tennessee.

NABRICO Marine Products currently has 1 other opening live in Tennessee, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Tennessee at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Cornerstone Building Brands (4), Staffmark (4), and Honey Creek Staffing (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 Stick and Flux-Core work. Stick (SMAW) burns a flux-coated consumable rod and needs no shielding gas, so it works in wind, rain, and on dirty or rusted steel. That tolerance for bad conditions keeps it the default for field, structural, and repair work. Flux-cored (FCAW) runs a hollow wire filled with flux, combining MIG-like deposition rates with the outdoor tolerance of stick. It is the workhorse on heavy structural steel and shipbuilding, where thick sections and long welds reward speed.

See all structural 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. Structural Welder/Fitter- 1st & 2nd Shift figures were last recalculated when this page was built.