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Overview

Alamo Group Ag Americas, LLC. is seeking an experienced Welder to join their team in Selma, Alabama. The company is a leading North American manufacturer of agricultural equipment, known for its durable products.

Responsibilities

  • Weld non-critical fabricated parts and subassemblies as specified by blueprints.
  • Adjust and operate welding equipment to perform non-critical welds.
  • Maintain production quantities, efficiencies, and quality on welded parts.
  • Load fabricated parts or subassemblies into jigs and fixtures.
  • Prepare surfaces to be welded by grinding, buffing, or brushing.
  • Visually examine welds for adherence to blueprint specifications.
  • Maintain welding equipment and make necessary adjustments.
  • Load and unload fixtures.
  • Perform simple measurements using devices or gauges.
  • Skip weld designed parts to secure pieces for other welders.
  • Perform all other duties assigned by the Supervisor.

Requirements

  • High School diploma or GED required.
  • Minimum 3 months to 1 year experience in welding required.
  • Ability to understand and follow simple instructions.
  • Capable of performing standard measurements.
  • Knowledge of basic procedures of MIG welding required.
  • Ability to lift, push or pull 50 pounds alone and 100 pounds with assistance.
  • Must be able to speak, hear, and see to perform duties.
  • Must be able to read blueprints with weld symbols and specifications.

Additional Information

  • Position is for 2nd shift.
  • Located in Selma, Alabama.
  • Will be exposed to a non-climate controlled manufacturing plant.
  • Must be able to stand approximately 8 hours per day.
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How this job compares in Selma, AL

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Alabama currently run a median of $27/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $21–$33/hr across 63 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Selma, AL

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Selma, AL, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Alabama as a whole we're tracking 142 other active welding openings from 92 employers. Browse welding jobs across Alabama.

The most active employers in Alabama at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Blue Origin (18), Austal USA (8), and Staffmark (4). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Alabama, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Mobile at $40/hr and Birmingham 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. 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.

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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 2nd shift figures were last recalculated when this page was built.