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Overview

Timken is seeking a Fabricator/Welder for their Smith Services division in Princeton, WV. This role involves supporting operations through welding and fabrication tasks while providing opportunities for personal and professional advancement.

Responsibilities

  • Train and test for certification.
  • Process work orders through the weld shop or other departments as instructed.
  • Achieve and maintain weld certifications.
  • Perform fabrication, including Tig, Stick, and Mig welding, soldering, and restacking stator iron.
  • Manage segregation, control, and traceability of raw materials and weld rods.
  • Follow customer specifications for various welding duties.
  • Ensure quality of all work performed.
  • Complete related paperwork accurately and thoroughly.
  • Understand and utilize drawings, sketches, and repair manuals.
  • Provide feedback to engineering on discrepancies and quality errors.
  • Work overtime, on weekends, and on holidays as necessary.

Requirements

  • Must have verbal and written communication skills.
  • Ability to carry out instructions in written, oral, and diagram form.
  • Capable of dealing with problems involving several concrete variables.
  • Mathematical skills to add, subtract, multiply, and divide.
  • Ability to present information effectively in small group situations.
  • High school diploma or equivalent.
  • 3-5 years of Fabricating/Welding experience.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • Life Insurance
  • Short-term Disability
  • Long-term Disability
  • 401k
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Dayshift position.
  • Uniforms, prescription safety glasses, and safety shoes provided.
  • Yearly performance-based bonuses and merit increases.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
Life Insurance
Short-term Disability
Long-term Disability
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Princeton, WV

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across West Virginia currently run a median of $34/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $32–$39/hr across 17 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 Princeton, WV

Princeton, WV is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across West Virginia as a whole we're tracking 26 other active welding openings from 18 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across West Virginia.

The most active employers in West Virginia at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Jennmar (5), Phillips Tank and Structure - Steel Valley Fabricators (2), and SHEET METAL WORKERS LOCAL 33 (2). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

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.

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