Structural Flux Core Welders
Location
Monroe, LA
Wage
$62,602/yr
Required Skills & Certifications
Flux-Core Welding
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Posted on September 22, 2026
Job Description
Overview
The Structural Flux Core Welder is responsible for performing high-quality FCAW (Flux Core Arc Welding) on structural steel components in a fabrication shop environment. This position requires reading blueprints and welding symbols, fitting and welding structural assemblies to specification, and ensuring all work meets AWS, customer, and company quality standards.
Responsibilities
- Perform high-quality FCAW on structural steel components.
- Read blueprints and welding symbols.
- Fit and weld structural assemblies to specification.
- Ensure all work meets AWS, customer, and company quality standards.
- Safely operate welding equipment.
Additional Information
- Multiple shop locations in Arkansas and Louisiana.
How this job compares in Monroe, LA
Pay in context
At roughly $30/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $31/hr median for welding jobs across Louisiana, whose middle half runs $25–$37/hr across 31 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 48% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.
The local market in Monroe, LA
Monroe, LA is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Louisiana as a whole we're tracking 89 other active welding openings from 49 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Louisiana.
The most active employers in Louisiana at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are PALA Interstate (8), Worley (6), and The Shaw Group (5). 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 Flux-Core. Flux-cored (FCAW) runs a hollow wire filled with flux, combining MIG-like deposition rates with the outdoor tolerance of stick. It is the workhorse on heavy structural steel and shipbuilding, where thick sections and long welds reward speed.
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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 Flux Core Welders figures were last recalculated when this page was built.