Job Description

Overview

A Welder at D&H Industries performs a variety of welding utilizing MIG/Robotic Welders and Resistance Welders to ensure components are being welded to engineered specifications. This position is for the 2nd Shift with a shift premium of $3.00/hour.

Responsibilities

  • Perform a variety of welding using MIG/Robotic Welders and Resistance Welders.
  • Ensure components are welded to engineered specifications.

Requirements

Benefits

Additional Information

  • This is a 2nd Shift position.
  • Hours are Monday through Friday from 3 p.m. to 1 a.m., with 10-hour shifts.
  • Schedules are subject to change based on business need.

How this job compares in Oconomowoc, WI

Pay in context

At roughly $18/hr, this posting comes in about 30% below the $26/hr median for welding jobs across Wisconsin, where the middle half runs $24–$29/hr across 93 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 2% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.

The local market in Oconomowoc, WI

Oconomowoc, WI is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 2 employers. Across Wisconsin as a whole we're tracking 149 other active welding openings from 100 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Wisconsin.

The most active employers in Wisconsin at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Staff on Site (9), QPS Employment Group (6), and Aerotek (6). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Wisconsin, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Oshkosh at $30/hr, Schofield at $26/hr, and Waukesha at $26/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG. 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.

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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. Welder-2nd Shift-$3.00/hour Shift Premium figures were last recalculated when this page was built.