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BWXT

Welding Specialist - Back Shift

Location

Barberton, OH

Wage

$53,000 – $86,000/yr

Employment Type

Full-time

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Posted on September 10, 2026

Job Description

Overview

BWX Technologies, Inc. is a U.S.-based Fortune 1000 company that specializes in providing nuclear solutions for various sectors. The Welding Specialist role is a key technical position focused on supporting welding operations in a manufacturing environment, ensuring quality standards and procedural compliance.

Responsibilities

  • Support site-wide initiatives for streamlining manufacturing for welding-related applications.
  • Program welding parameters on programmable equipment.
  • Train and assist welders/operators in a production welding environment.
  • Follow detailed manufacturing plans and provide direction to shop personnel.
  • Support equipment-related improvement projects.
  • Prepare and review welding/fabrication support material and training aids.

Requirements

  • High school graduate or equivalent.
  • 3 – 5 years of welding experience in a shop environment.
  • Good understanding of manual, semi-automatic, and mechanized/automatic welding processes.
  • Hands-on welding experience is desirable.
  • Ability to work on a PC using Microsoft Office applications.
  • Ability to work well with various departments.
  • Ability to follow detailed manufacturing plans.
  • Superior written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills.
  • Availability to work overtime and occasional weekends.
  • Must be a U.S. citizen with no dual citizenship.
  • Must be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Department of Energy clearance.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • On-site in Barberton, Ohio.
  • Flexible work schedules.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
PTO
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How this job compares in Barberton, OH

Pay in context

At roughly $33/hr, this posting sits about 29% above the $26/hr median for welding jobs across Ohio — toward the top of a $21–$32/hr middle band drawn from 142 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 84% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Barberton, OH

Barberton, OH currently has 3 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 1 employer. 1 of them was added in the last week. Across Ohio as a whole we're tracking 252 other active welding openings from 173 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Barberton, or widen the search to Ohio.

BWXT currently has 3 other openings live in Ohio, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Ohio at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Aerotek (7), Kadant Black Clawson LLC (5), and TP Mechanical (5). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Ohio, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Aurora at $32/hr, Columbus at $30/hr, and Canton at $27/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Barberton, OH

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