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KEES, Inc

Welder 1 - First Shift 6:00 am - 2:15 pm

Location

Elkhart Lake, WI

Wage

$65,081/yr

Employment Type

Full-time

Required Skills & Certifications

TIG Welding
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Posted on September 15, 2026

Job Description

Overview

The Welder 1 position involves performing TIG welding on various materials and setting up the TIG welder for different metals. Candidates should have a certificate in welding or at least one year of experience.

Responsibilities

  • Perform TIG welding on materials such as aluminum, stainless, and galvanized steel.
  • Form sheet metal products.
  • Set up TIG welder for a larger variety of metals.
  • Read and interpret project plans.
  • Follow written and/or verbal instructions.
  • Operate forklifts.
  • Weld a variety of products.

Requirements

  • Certificate in Welding or 1 year experience, required.
  • Must have the ability to read and interpret project plans.
  • Dedicated, focused, and self-motivated.

Benefits

Additional Information

  • First shift from 6:00 am to 2:15 pm.
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How this job compares in Elkhart Lake, WI

Pay in context

At roughly $31/hr, this posting sits about 20% above the $26/hr median for welding jobs across Wisconsin — toward the top of a $24–$29/hr middle band drawn from 90 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 90% 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 Elkhart Lake, WI

Elkhart Lake, WI is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Wisconsin as a whole we're tracking 153 other active welding openings from 102 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), Welding Shop in Milwaukee, WI (7), 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, Hartford at $29/hr, and Milwaukee at $25/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for TIG. TIG (GTAW) uses a non-consumable tungsten electrode with filler added by hand, giving the operator the most control of any process. It is slow, demanding, and the standard for stainless, aluminum, and anything where the bead has to look as good as it holds.

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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 1 - First Shift 6:00 am - 2:15 pm figures were last recalculated when this page was built.