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Job Description

Overview

The Traveling Welder position involves providing general construction labor tasks as part of a welding crew to erect precast concrete panels, ensuring efficiency and safety in the process.

Responsibilities

  • Completes general construction labor tasks necessary to weld precast concrete panels.
  • Takes work direction from detail or erection crew foreperson.
  • May perform work of a miscellaneous nature as directed by foreperson.
  • Uses materials/supplies in an efficient manner.
  • Handles equipment in a responsible manner.
  • Follows established safety procedures and policies.

Requirements

  • Welding experience.
  • Ability to carry out simple and complex verbal instructions.
  • Ability to work well with others and maintain professional conduct at all times.
  • Ability to work from heights, including but not limited to ladders and aerial work platforms.
  • Ability to obtain membership to a local union.
  • General knowledge of construction practices.
  • Valid driver’s license and reliable means of transportation.
  • Ability to travel extensively, up to 50% or more, including occasional overnight travel, and to work hours outside the standard schedule as needed.
  • 2+ years of construction or manual labor experience (preferred).
  • High school diploma or equivalent (preferred).
  • Certified Welder (AWS, 3g & 4g) (preferred).
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How this job compares in Indianapolis, IN

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Indianapolis, IN currently run a median of $30/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $24–$35/hr across 9 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 Indianapolis, IN

We're tracking 19 other active welding openings in Indianapolis, IN right now, from 16 different employers. 4 of them were added in the last week. Across Indiana as a whole we're tracking 172 other active welding openings from 110 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Indianapolis, or widen the search to Indiana.

The most active employers in Indiana at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are NCW (36), Aerotek (6), and SMS group (4). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Certifications this posting mentions

  • 3G / 4G — plate position tests — 3G is welded vertically, 4G overhead. Together they demonstrate you can hold a puddle against gravity, and they are the common entry qualifications for structural and production shops.

Read straight from this posting's text. Confirm the exact qualification the employer wants before you test — requirements vary by shop even under the same code.

Similar openings near Indianapolis, IN

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