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Carrier Corporation

Welder Team Lead

Location

Charlotte, NC

Wage

$24 – $48/hr

Employment Type

Temporary

Required Skills & Certifications

MIG WeldingTIG WeldingStick Welding
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Posted on September 22, 2026

Job Description

Overview

Carrier is a global leader in intelligent climate and energy solutions, committed to innovations that enhance comfort, safety, and sustainability. The Welder Team Lead will oversee departmental operations, ensuring efficient line operations and quality control.

Responsibilities

  • Communicate effectively with Supervisors and Team Leads regarding safety, quality, workload capacity, and staffing.
  • Solve ongoing problems and encourage the use of Cx Tools and methods.
  • Assist Supervisors and Team Leads in coordinating quality control activities.
  • Follow standard work and train other employees.
  • Coach new technicians to improve their skills.
  • Work with the team to eliminate and resolve quality issues.
  • Drive the 5S program with the Carrier Excellence team.
  • Promote Carrier Excellence culture and tools across the department.
  • Ensure deployment and sustainment of Cx fundamentals on site.
  • Monitor work order progress and ensure quality and timeliness.
  • Make informed decisions quickly.
  • Demonstrate a sense of urgency and initiative to improve department performance.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of weld and brazing operations experience.
  • 3+ years of service with Carrier.
  • 1+ years of experience using Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel).
  • Must be 6G certificated.
  • Proficiency in joint joining techniques such as TIG, MIG, or Stick.
  • Expertise in joining metals using filler metals heated above 840°F.
  • Good communication skills relative to supervisors and other departments.
  • Exceptional customer service skills and teamwork.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Strong organizational skills.
  • Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
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How this job compares in Charlotte, NC

Pay in context

At roughly $36/hr, this posting sits about 29% above the $28/hr median for welding jobs across North Carolina — toward the top of a $22–$34/hr middle band drawn from 56 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 93% 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 Charlotte, NC

We're tracking 11 other active welding openings in Charlotte, NC right now, from 8 different employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across North Carolina as a whole we're tracking 128 other active welding openings from 78 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Charlotte, or widen the search to North Carolina.

The most active employers in North Carolina at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Classic Collision (14), Southern Industrial Constructors, Inc. (7), and Environmental Air Systems (4). 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. Charlotte is among them.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG, TIG, and Stick 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 lead welder openings if you want to compare this against similar roles.

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 Team Lead figures were last recalculated when this page was built.