MIG Welder
Location
Bessemer, AL
Wage
$18/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Required Skills & Certifications
Posted on September 4, 2026
Location
Bessemer, AL
Wage
$18/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on September 4, 2026
Now hiring for a MIG Welder
Location: Bessemer, AL
Pay Rate: $18.00 per hour
Schedule: 7:00 AM – 3:30 PM | Monday – Friday
Heat Up Your Career – Become a MIG Welder with Us
Looking for MIG Welder jobs in Bessemer where your welding skills help build quality products? This opportunity lets you apply your craftsmanship to fabricate, join, and repair metal components while supporting safe, efficient manufacturing operations.
If your skills and experience are a good match for this role please apply today. This opportunity is based on a MIG Welder career path and is being offered by Staffmark to qualified candidates
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What You Will Do
As a MIG Welder you will prepare materials, set up welding equipment, perform MIG welding operations, inspect completed welds, read blueprints, verify measurements, and help fabricate metal components according to engineering specifications. You will maintain welding equipment, follow quality standards, and support safe, efficient manufacturing operations while producing consistent, high-quality work.
Perform MIG welding on metal components and assemblies Read and follow blueprints, drawings, and work instructions Set up and operate welding equipment Inspect welds for quality, strength, and accuracy Measure and position materials before welding Use hand and power tools as needed Maintain a clean and safe work area Follow all company safety and production procedures
A MIG Welder helps manufacture durable metal products through professional MIG welding and fabrication techniques. This role combines welding expertise with mechanical knowledge and careful attention to quality throughout the manufacturing process.
The MIG Welder applies technical skills to prepare materials, complete welds, and inspect finished work while maintaining safe production practices. Strong craftsmanship supports consistent product quality and manufacturing efficiency.
This profession offers rewarding opportunities for individuals who enjoy fabrication and skilled trades.
At roughly $18/hr, this posting comes in about 31% below the $26/hr median for welding jobs across Alabama, where the middle half runs $21–$34/hr across 53 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 17% 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.
This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Bessemer, AL, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Alabama as a whole we're tracking 120 other active welding openings from 84 employers. Browse welding jobs across Alabama.
Staffmark currently has 2 other openings live in Alabama, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.
The most active employers in Alabama at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Blue Origin (12), Austal USA (6), and Rheem Manufacturing Company (3). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.
Within Alabama, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Mobile at $46/hr and Birmingham at $25/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.
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.
See all MIG welder openings if you want to compare this against similar roles.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. MIG Welder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.