Job Description

Position Title: MIG Welder Wage: Day $22.00/hour, Night $25.00/hour Shift: Days or Nights Hours: 6:00 AM - 2:30 PM, 9:30 PM - 6:00 AM QPS Employment Group is hiring Welders for a manufacturing client in Janesville, WI. This is a temporary-to-hire opportunity with the potential for direct hire after 90 days based on performance and attendance. MIG Welder Responsibilities include but are not limited to: - Perform MIG welding on various metals and materials - Read and interpret blueprints, schematics, and welding symbols - Set up and operate welding equipment - Prepare materials through cleaning, grinding, and positioning components - Inspect welds and perform repairs as needed - Follow all safety procedures and wear required PPE - Maintain a clean and organized work area - Work collaboratively with production and leadership teams to meet production goals MIG Welder Requirements: - High school diploma or GED preferred - Welding certification or trade school training is a plus - 2+ years of welding experience preferred - Ability to read blueprints and welding symbols - Strong attention to detail and commitment to quality - Ability to lift up to 50 pounds - Ability to work in a manufacturing environment with varying temperatures - Manufacturing environment with exposure to heat, noise, dust, fumes, and other industrial conditions - Ability to stand for extended periods, bend, kneel, reach, and perform repetitive tasks throughout the shift QPS Employment Group is a full-service staffing firm comprised of dedicated and passionate people with over 50 offices throughout the United States. We place great people with great companies in industrial, skilled trades, administrative, manufacturing, general labor and professional employment. Hiring immediately! Why Work with QPS? - Access to sought-after positions with leading employers - Dedicated placement specialists who will guide you through every step of the job search process Best of all, our job matching and resume assistance services are 100% free to job seekers! We will never ask you to pay a fee. Please note that QPS Employment Group may use a virtual recruiting assistant to help screen and schedule candidates efficiently. All information collected through this process is used solely for employment purposes and is handled securely in accordance with our privacy policy. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

How this job compares in Janesville, WI

Pay in context

At roughly $22/hr, this posting comes in about 15% below the $26/hr median for welding jobs across Wisconsin, where the middle half runs $23–$28/hr across 81 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 21% 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 Janesville, WI

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Janesville, WI, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Wisconsin as a whole we're tracking 121 other active welding openings from 81 employers. Browse welding jobs across Wisconsin.

QPS Employment Group currently has 8 other openings live in Wisconsin, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Wisconsin at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Staff on Site (9), QPS Employment Group (8), and Welding Shop in Milwaukee, WI (6). 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 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.

See all MIG 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. Skilled - MIG Welder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.