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Job Description

Overview

We are hiring for a third shift Link Weld Operator to assemble and weld metal parts on a production line using automated welding equipment, requiring only a limited knowledge of welding.

Responsibilities

  • Able to read and follow direction.
  • Has basic math skills and is able to read a tape measure.
  • Welds metal parts together using automated welding equipment.
  • Fills cavities or corrects malformed welds.
  • Uses hand tools to adjust and set up machinery to assemble the product.
  • Examines work piece for defects.

Requirements

Benefits

Additional Information

  • Third shift position.
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How this job compares in Tiffin, OH

Pay in context

At roughly $18/hr, this posting comes in about 29% below the $26/hr median for welding jobs across Ohio, where the middle half runs $22–$30/hr across 139 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 5% 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 Tiffin, OH

Tiffin, OH is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Ohio as a whole we're tracking 241 other active welding openings from 162 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Ohio.

WEBSTER INDUSTRIES I currently has 2 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 (8), 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 $28/hr, and Canton at $27/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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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. Link Weld Operator figures were last recalculated when this page was built.