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Overview

The Production Welder position involves setting up and tack welding various metals to create sub-assemblies for cylinders and swivels. This full-time role requires adherence to weld procedures and includes responsibilities such as reading blueprints and performing maintenance tasks.

Responsibilities

  • Tack weld and sub arc weld parts per the appropriate weld procedure as supervised by a qualified welder.
  • Read and interpret shop routings, work instructions, and elementary blueprints.
  • Conduct computer functions on a day to day basis.
  • Set-up the job per the appropriate weld procedures and work instructions.
  • Perform general maintenance – changing tips, liners, wire, gas, etc.
  • Clean and inspect all finished sub-assemblies as trained and receive final approval by a qualified welder.
  • Store finished sub-assemblies and un-used parts per proper procedures.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma.
  • Currently enrolled in Vocational/Technical school for welding or some welding experience preferred.
  • Flux core, sub-arc and MIG experience preferred.
  • Must be able to read blueprints.
  • Manufacturing experience.

Benefits

  • PTO
  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • Schedule: Monday–Friday, 6:00am–2:00pm.

Benefits

PTO
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
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How this job compares in Wausau, WI

Pay in context

At roughly $26/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $26/hr median for welding jobs across Wisconsin, whose middle half runs $24–$30/hr across 95 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 45% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in Wausau, WI

Wausau, WI currently has 4 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 4 employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Wisconsin as a whole we're tracking 166 other active welding openings from 105 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Wausau, or widen the search to Wisconsin.

JARP Industries, Inc. currently has 2 other openings live in Wisconsin, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Wisconsin at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Staff on Site (9), QPS Employment Group (7), and Welding Shop in Milwaukee, WI (7). 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 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 manufacturing welder openings if you want to compare this against similar roles.

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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. Production Welder - 1st shift figures were last recalculated when this page was built.