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Tarrier Steel Company

AWS FCAW Structural Welder-Fabricator

Location

Bexley, OH

Wage

$45,760 – $52,000/yr

Employment Type

Full-time

Required Skills & Certifications

MIG WeldingFlux-Core Welding
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Posted on September 15, 2026

Job Description

Overview

As an AWS FCAW Structural Welder-Fabricator in a busy AISC-certified shop, you will ensure precision and pace by confirming piece marks and executing welding tasks according to shop drawings. Your role involves planning weld types and performing various welding and fabrication tasks to prepare assemblies for quality control.

Responsibilities

  • Identify piece marks, confirm drawing revisions, and verify finish codes prior to welding.
  • Interpret shop acronyms, part orientation, and weld symbols to determine correct welds, sizes, and procedures.
  • Layout and mark accurately using tape measures, squares, levels, and layout tools.
  • Perform FCAW in 1G or 3G positions per shop drawings; complete thermal cutting, back-gouging, and grinding as needed.
  • Keep your bay clean, organized, and safe at all times.
  • Operate overhead cranes, welders, torches, and grinders safely.
  • Coordinate work with CNC operators, foremen, fellow welders, fabricators, painters, and QC personnel.
  • Work to AISC and AWS Quality Management System requirements.
  • Verify material heat numbers, piece marks, and orientation.
  • Self-inspect and resolve issues before QC inspection; elevate drawing or material discrepancies to supervision.

Requirements

  • Hands-on experience in structural steel welding.
  • Strong skill in reading structural steel shop drawings and weld symbols.
  • Proficient welding of structural steel and safe operation of overhead cranes.
  • Knowledge of steel fabrication tolerances and quality standards.
  • Reliable, safety-first, and quality-driven.

Additional Information

  • Typical first shift: 5:30am–4:00pm, Monday–Friday
  • Typical second shift: 4:00pm–2:30am, Monday–Friday
  • Tarrier Steel is a Drug Free Workplace. Candidates must complete a pre-hire drug screen prior to acceptance.

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How this job compares in Bexley, OH

Pay in context

At roughly $24/hr, this posting comes in about 10% below the $26/hr median for welding jobs across Ohio, where the middle half runs $21–$30/hr across 139 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 33% 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 Bexley, OH

Bexley, OH is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening 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.

Tarrier Steel Company currently has 1 other opening 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.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG and Flux-Core work. 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. Flux-cored (FCAW) runs a hollow wire filled with flux, combining MIG-like deposition rates with the outdoor tolerance of stick. It is the workhorse on heavy structural steel and shipbuilding, where thick sections and long welds reward speed.

See all structural welder openings if you want to compare this against similar roles.

Certifications this posting mentions

  • 3G / 4G — plate position tests — 3G is welded vertically, 4G overhead. Together they demonstrate you can hold a puddle against gravity, and they are the common entry qualifications for structural and production shops.

Read straight from this posting's text. Confirm the exact qualification the employer wants before you test — requirements vary by shop even under the same code.

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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. AWS FCAW Structural Welder-Fabricator figures were last recalculated when this page was built.