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Overview

MSS Solutions, LLC is seeking an experienced Welder - Mechanical to join their team as a result of phenomenal growth. This role offers an opportunity to contribute innovative ideas and grow your career while collaborating with talented professionals.

Responsibilities

  • Use hand-welding or flame-cutting equipment to weld or join metal components.
  • Read a Weld Procedure Specification (WPS) to produce a weld according to requirements.
  • Weld components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions.
  • Fabricate and construct piping segments and attach fittings.
  • Clamp, hold, tack-weld, heat-bend, grind, or bolt parts for welding.
  • Detect faulty operation of equipment or defective materials.
  • Operate manual or semi-automatic welding equipment using various processes.
  • Examine workpieces for defects and measure for conformance.
  • Recognize, set up, and operate hand and power tools common to welding.
  • Follow all safety policies and procedures.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • Minimum of 3 years of pipe welding experience in MIG, TIG, and Stick.
  • Must be able to pass an in-house welding test (6G criteria).
  • Must have own hand tools.
  • Must successfully pass a background check and drug test.
  • Ability to weld diverse types of metals.
  • Knowledge of hand and power tools.
  • Ability to read blueprints.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Physical demands include occasional sitting, frequent stooping, and constant standing.
  • Exposure to weather, extreme temperatures, high noise levels, and toxic chemicals.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Winston-Salem, NC

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across North Carolina currently run a median of $25/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $21–$30/hr across 45 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 Winston-Salem, NC

Winston-Salem, NC is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 2 employers. Across North Carolina as a whole we're tracking 126 other active welding openings from 80 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across North Carolina.

MSS Solutions, LLC currently has 3 other openings live in North Carolina, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in North Carolina at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Southern Industrial Constructors, Inc. (7), Carrier Global (6), and Collins Aerospace (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 North Carolina, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Charlotte at $36/hr and Denver at $20/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG and TIG 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. 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.

Certifications this posting mentions

  • 6G — a pipe test welded on a joint fixed at a 45-degree incline. Because the torch has to travel through flat, vertical, and overhead angles in a single pass, passing 6G qualifies you for every position on pipe — which is why it is the ticket that separates pipe welders from plate welders on pay.

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. Welder - Mechanical figures were last recalculated when this page was built.