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Job Description

Overview

Valmont is seeking a highly motivated and talented individual for an experienced Welder position, where the individual will weld metal components to fabricate or repair products according to layouts, blueprints, or work orders. Valmont is a Fortune 1000 company that impacts millions globally by advancing agricultural productivity and reimagining vital infrastructure.

Responsibilities

  • Fuse or weld metal structural components together by means of arc welding in the fabrication of steel electrical poles, substations, and other structures.
  • Perform welding operations requiring a limited amount of planning of work from blueprints or other written specifications and determining operation sequence.
  • Maintain and operate production tooling and fixtures as well as all welding equipment in a safe and secure manner.
  • May be called upon to operate other machines in the shop.

Requirements

  • Two years of previous hands-on welding experience in a professional environment.
  • The ability to pass welding hand-on test and written assessment.
  • The ability to pass and maintain weld certification to meet AWS, CWB and several other customer certifications in GMAW welding.
  • The ability to read and decipher blueprints and flat sheets without assistance and use them to properly weld scheduled work.
  • Knowledge of visual weld quality, penetration and appearance for finished shafts.
  • Knowledge of how to accurately read a measuring tape.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • 401k
  • PTO
  • Employer paid life insurance
  • Employer paid short-term and long-term disability including maternity leave
  • Tuition Reimbursement up to $5,250 per year

Additional Information

  • Location: 28800 Ida St Valley Nebraska 68064-8016
  • Compensation: $28.13/hour ($26.13/hour+$2.00 Shift Differential)
  • Available Shifts: 2nd shift, Monday - Friday 3:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.; 3rd shift, Sunday - Thursday, 11:00 p.m. - 7:00 a.m.; 3rd shift Tuesday - Friday, 8:00 p.m. - 6:00 a.m.; Weekend Shift: Friday - Sunday, 6:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Benefits

Health Insurance
401k
PTO
Employer paid life insurance
Employer paid short-term and long-term disability including maternity leave
Tuition Reimbursement up to $5,250 per year
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How this job compares in Valley, NE

Pay in context

At roughly $28/hr, this posting sits about 17% above the $24/hr median for welding jobs across Nebraska — toward the top of a $17–$27/hr middle band drawn from 27 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 85% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Valley, NE

Valley, NE currently has 6 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 3 employers. 1 of them was added in the last week. Across Nebraska as a whole we're tracking 32 other active welding openings from 22 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Valley, or widen the search to Nebraska.

Valmont Industries currently has 2 other openings live in Nebraska, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Nebraska at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Valmont Industries, Inc. (5), Klute Careers (2), and Generac (2). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Nebraska, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Grand Island at $27/hr and Valley at $18/hr. Valley is among them.

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. Experienced Welder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.