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Overview

Meyer Utility Structures, an Arcosa subsidiary, is hiring Lead Fitters/Welders for their plant in Lancaster, SC. The role involves using various welding techniques and equipment to fabricate and repair metal components while ensuring compliance with specifications.

Responsibilities

  • Lead a team of welders
  • Repair welds
  • Assist with the completion of tasks to meet deadlines
  • Apply appropriate welding processes to join, surface, fabricate, and repair parts of metal or other weldable materials according to layouts, work orders, blueprints, schematics, and sketches using manual, automatic welding and/or semi-automatic welding equipment
  • Perform complex repairs
  • Weld clips and hardware
  • Perform full penetration welds to weld ends to poles or channels
  • Operate grinding equipment
  • May train lower levels
  • May lay out and mark weld points on parts or subassemblies
  • May position pieces to be welded into jigs, holding fixtures, guides, and steps using measuring instruments and hand tools
  • May inspect completed work for conformance to specifications
  • Maintain quality and efficiency
  • Observe all standard safety practices
  • Maintain and complete all required records
  • Perform other duties as assigned

Requirements

  • Minimum of 4 years of experience
  • Flux Core experience
  • Certified to perform horizontal and vertical welds
  • Ability to perform multi-pass welds
  • Ability to perform 'C' (circumferential) welds
  • Qualify as a flat welder
  • Ability to maintain 90% pass rate on UT inspection
  • Basic understanding of Oxy Fuel/Plasma burning
  • Basic understanding of Carbon Arcing
  • Ability to maintain good attendance
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How this job compares in Lancaster, 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 Lancaster, SC

Lancaster, SC is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 2 employers. 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 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. Fitter Welder_Lead figures were last recalculated when this page was built.