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Job Description

Overview

IMI Industrial Services Group is a full-service industrial contractor with an AISC compliant structural fabrication facility. They are seeking a full-time Structural Welder / Fabricator in the Athens, GA area to join their team.

Responsibilities

  • Align and fit parts according to specifications using various tools.
  • Hammer, chip, and grind workpieces to cut, bend, and straighten metal.
  • Layout and examine metal stock to ensure specifications are met.
  • Locate and mark workpieces for bending and cutting lines.
  • Mark reference points onto floors or face blocks and transpose them to workpieces.
  • Move parts into position manually or using hoists and cranes.
  • Position, align, fit, and weld parts to form complete units or subunits.
  • Position or tighten braces, jacks, clamps, or bolt parts for welding.
  • Straighten warped or bent parts using various tools.
  • Set up and operate fabricating machines to form and assemble metal components.
  • Setup face blocks, jigs, and fixtures.
  • Smooth workpiece edges and fix taps, tubes, and valves.
  • Study engineering drawings and blueprints to determine material requirements.
  • Tack-weld fitted parts together.
  • Verify conformance of workpieces to specifications.

Requirements

  • 1-3 years' experience in welding or fabrication.
  • NCCER certification or completion of a related program through an accredited technical school.
  • Ability to tig weld for stainless steel.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • 401k
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Must be able to perform physical tasks such as climbing, stooping, kneeling, and lifting.
  • Must be able to lift and carry materials weighing up to 50 pounds.

Benefits

Health Insurance
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Athens, GA

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, structural welder jobs across Georgia currently run a median of $55/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $32–$67/hr across 10 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 Athens, GA

Athens, GA currently has 3 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 2 employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Georgia as a whole we're tracking 401 other active welding openings from 256 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Athens, or widen the search to Georgia.

IMI Industrial Services Group currently has 4 other openings live in Georgia, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Georgia at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Classic Collision (8), Southern Industrial Constructors, Inc. (7), and Yancey Bros. Co. (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 Georgia, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Marietta at $39/hr, Forest Park at $39/hr, and Atlanta at $31/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for TIG. 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 structural 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. Structural Welder / Fabricator figures were last recalculated when this page was built.