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Job Description

Overview

Legrand has an exciting opportunity for a Welder to join the Lighting and Controls Team in St. Louis, MO. The Welder will set-up and operate TIG/welding equipment; weld cold rolled steel and aluminum.

Responsibilities

  • Utilize hand TIG welder to consistently produce quality seam and tack welds
  • Operate hand TIG welder to produce high-quality lightweight to heavyweight weld assemblies from blueprints, layouts, sketches, templates and/or instructions
  • Set tools, gauges and stops and align work for close tolerance
  • Check work using simple scales, calipers and/or other measuring tools to maintain quality
  • Assist in maintaining tools, fixtures, jigs and equipment in a cost-effective manner
  • Assist in down- or upstream operation to maintain a consistent workflow throughout the process of each job
  • Follow safety rules, safe operating procedures and practices; help ensure all employees follow safety rules, procedures and practices
  • Maintain good housekeeping conditions in work areas
  • Participate in ongoing individual training/development program(s)
  • Engage in training of employees and cross-training, perform backup functions to other department members as instructed
  • Set goals and objectives with Supervisor; look for ways to improve quality and productivity
  • Report abnormalities in machines, programs, materials, quality and/or processes
  • Be accountable for own quality and efficiency of work

Requirements

  • Advanced Welding certification or degree from accredited school is strongly preferred
  • 2+ years sheet metal TIG welding experience with specific knowledge of heat settings, speeds and other control factors relative to effective TIG applications
  • Experience working with sheet metal, mild steel/stainless steel/aluminum
  • Dimensional measuring and simple math competence with excellent dexterity and deftness skills
  • Prior experience using calipers, micrometers and other measuring tools
  • Ability to read and interpret blueprints and lay out work as required

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO
  • 401k

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
401k
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How this job compares in St Louis, MO

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Missouri currently run a median of $24/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $22–$31/hr across 34 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in St Louis, MO

St Louis, MO currently has 4 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 3 employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Missouri as a whole we're tracking 58 other active welding openings from 35 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in St Louis, or widen the search to Missouri.

The most active employers in Missouri at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are QPS Employment Group (5), Leonardo DRS (5), and Welding Shop in Kansas City, MO (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 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.

Similar openings near St Louis, MO

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