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Overview

The University of Arkansas is seeking a Welder I to perform skilled journey-level welding, fabrication, repair, and metal work in support of university facilities and infrastructure. This position requires strong technical skills and the ability to work independently while coordinating with other trades.

Responsibilities

  • Perform skilled journey-level welding, fabrication, repair, and metal work.
  • Fabricate, assemble, modify, and repair metal components using approved welding processes.
  • Interpret drawings and work orders while coordinating with supervisors and project managers.
  • Maintain regular, reliable, and non-disruptive attendance.
  • Create and maintain collegial, harmonious working relationships.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or GED.
  • Four or more years of welding, fabrication, metal repair, or directly related skilled trade experience.
  • Current AWS Certification required at time of hire.
  • Completion of an accredited welding program, trade school program, apprenticeship, or equivalent combination of training and experience.
  • Proficiency in multiple welding processes, including MIG, TIG, and Stick welding.
  • Valid driver’s license.
  • Five or more years of journey-level welding and fabrication experience.
  • Experience performing welding and fabrication work in various environments.
  • Experience with structural steel, pipe supports, handrails, frames, gates, equipment repair, and field fabrication.
  • Experience using a computerized maintenance management system.
  • Knowledge of welding methods, safety practices, and quality control practices.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Regular work shift is Day Shift.
  • Position is located at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
PTO
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How this job compares in Fayetteville, AR

Pay in context

At roughly $29/hr, this posting sits about 17% above the $25/hr median for welding jobs across Arkansas — toward the top of a $21–$32/hr middle band drawn from 36 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 67% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Fayetteville, AR

Fayetteville, AR 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 Arkansas as a whole we're tracking 58 other active welding openings from 42 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Fayetteville, or widen the search to Arkansas.

The most active employers in Arkansas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Sundt Construction (3), Systems, LLC. (3), and The Greenbrier Companies (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, TIG, Stick, and Flux-Core work. 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. 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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