Job Description

Overview

Engineered Products is a privately held company with over 70 years of experience in maximizing space efficiency and redefining material handling and storage solutions. The Welder II position involves independently fabricating and assembling structural steel components for industrial racking and storage systems, performing complex MIG welding and ensuring high-quality standards.

Responsibilities

  • Independently fabricate and assemble structural steel components used in industrial racking and storage systems.
  • Perform complex MIG welding on components such as uprights, beams, and braces.
  • Interpret blueprints and welding specifications.
  • Troubleshoot fit-up and equipment issues.
  • Support less-experienced welders and contribute to process improvements.
  • Work closely with Production, Quality, and Engineering teams.

Requirements

  • 1–3+ years of MIG welding experience in a manufacturing or fabrication environment.
  • Experience welding structural steel.
  • Ability to read and interpret blueprints and shop drawings.
  • Familiarity with measuring tools such as tape measures, squares, and gauges.
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced production environment.
  • Strong attention to detail and quality.
  • Experience welding pallet racking or material handling equipment is preferred.
  • Welding certification (AWS or equivalent) is a plus.

Additional Information

  • Location: Easley, SC
  • Work environment is based on the shop floor within a manufacturing environment.
  • Position requires extended periods of standing, walking, bending, and lifting materials up to 50 lbs.

How this job compares in Easley, SC

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across South Carolina currently run a median of $34/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $26–$38/hr across 41 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 Easley, SC

Easley, SC is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across South Carolina as a whole we're tracking 80 other active welding openings from 62 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across South Carolina.

The most active employers in South Carolina at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Vertiv (4), Parker Hannifin (3), and GE Vernova (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 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.

Similar openings near Easley, SC

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