Welder Operator

Location

Monroe, CT

Wage

$18.5 – $22/hr

Employment Type

Full-time

Required Skills & Certifications

TIG Welding
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Posted on September 22, 2026

Job Description

Are you skilled with Laser Welder or other Precision Welding machinery? Do you have experience with visual inspections and the ability to set up machinery manually to align parts properly in production? We are looking for a Micro-Welder (OD Welder) to join our team in Monroe! The hours are 6am-2:30pm, Monday through Friday, with occasional overtime offered The pay starts at $18-22/hour, depending on experience level If you would like to apply, please share your resume with Stephanie at stephanie.bohner@randstadusa.com.

salary: $18.5 - $22 per hour shift: First work hours: 6 AM - 2:30 PM education: High School

Responsibilities

  • Perform precision outer diameter conduction welds on stainless steel components
  • Operate semi-automatic TIG welding equipment with plasma pulse functionality
  • Set up, adjust, and fine-tune welding parameters including amperage, pulse settings, gas flow, and travel speed
  • Maintain weld quality to meet engineering drawings, specifications, and internal quality standards
  • Inspect welds visually and with measuring tools to ensure compliance with dimensional and cosmetic requirements
  • Work with thin-wall and small-diameter stainless steel materials requiring micro-welding techniques
  • Document production work, settings, and quality results as required
  • Collaborate with engineering and quality teams to resolve welding or process issues ZPMLSTCM

The essential functions of this role include:

• wearing steel toe shoes Skills • Fitting • Molding • CNC • Setting • Tending • Math and Calculation • Polishing • Welder Operator • Laser Operator Qualifications • Years of experience: 1 year • Experience level: Experienced Randstad is a world leader in matching great people with great companies. Our experienced agents will listen carefully to your employment needs and then work diligently to match your skills and qualifications to the right job and company. Whether you're looking for temporary, temporary-to-permanent or permanent opportunities, no one works harder for you than Randstad.

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At Randstad, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact HRsupport@randstadusa.com.

Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).

This posting is open for thirty (30) days.

Benefits

401k
Dental
Vision

How this job compares in Monroe, CT

Pay in context

At roughly $20/hr, this posting comes in about 35% below the $31/hr median for welding jobs across Connecticut, where the middle half runs $26–$34/hr across 26 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 4% 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 Monroe, CT

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Monroe, CT, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Connecticut as a whole we're tracking 34 other active welding openings from 22 employers. Browse welding jobs across Connecticut.

The most active employers in Connecticut at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Gpac (5), Collins Aerospace (4), and Pursuit Aerospace (3). 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 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.

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