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Overview

This position requires proficiency in MIG and TIG welding techniques, strong attention to quality, and the ability to produce accurate, structurally sound welds in a manufacturing environment. The role involves welding on various equipment and ensuring mechanical strength in different positions.

Responsibilities

  • Reading blueprints, drawings and taking measurements to plan and layout procedures
  • Set up components for welding according to specifications
  • Operate angle grinders to prepare the parts that must be welded
  • Align components using calipers, rulers, etc. and clamp pieces
  • Bolts, clamps, and tack-welds parts to secure in position for welding
  • Sets up equipment and welds parts, using MIG and TIG welding processes
  • Assembles parts by bolting and riveting
  • Test and inspect welded surfaces and structure to discover flaws

Requirements

  • High School Diploma or GED required
  • 2+ years of MIG/TIG welding experience
  • Experience using electrical or manual tools
  • Ability to read and interpret technical documents and drawings
  • Knowledge of relative safety standards and willingness to use protective clothing
  • 5+ years welding experience in a manufacturing environment
  • Training experience is a plus
  • Attention to detail
  • Exceptional communication and customer service skills
  • Strong work ethic

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Shift: 7:30am to 4:00pm Monday - Friday
  • Regularly performs tasks that will require heavy lifting, carrying and moving materials weighing 50 -- 100 lbs. or more off the ground, up and overhead

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Colorado Springs, CO

Pay in context

At roughly $26/hr, this posting comes in about 13% below the $30/hr median for welding jobs across Colorado, where the middle half runs $25–$40/hr across 70 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 31% 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 Colorado Springs, CO

Colorado Springs, CO currently has 6 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 3 employers. 3 of them were added in the last week. Across Colorado as a whole we're tracking 86 other active welding openings from 52 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Colorado Springs, or widen the search to Colorado.

Skyline Products, Inc. currently has 1 other opening live in Colorado, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Colorado at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Denver, CO (7), RK Industries (6), and Martin Marietta (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 Colorado, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Pueblo at $46/hr, Louisville at $41/hr, and Arvada at $30/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.

See all TIG 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. MIG - TIG Welder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.