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Job Description

Overview

The Welder position involves Mig welding for the assembly of box trucks. This is a Temp-to-Hire opportunity with a competitive wage and benefits package offered by Elwood Staffing.

Responsibilities

  • Perform Mig welding for the assembly of box trucks.

Requirements

  • Must have Mig welding experience
  • Must have own hood
  • Must have resume
  • Applicant may be subject to a background check
  • Pre-employment drug screen (Excluding THC) is required

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Temp-to-Hire position
  • Full Time work available
  • Weekend work required
  • First Shift (Monday through Friday from 06:00am to 02:30pm)
  • Location: Sturgis, MI

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
401k
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How this job compares in Sturgis, MI

Pay in context

At roughly $19/hr, this posting comes in about 29% below the $26/hr median for welding jobs across Michigan, where the middle half runs $22–$32/hr across 48 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 0% 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 Sturgis, MI

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Sturgis, MI, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Michigan as a whole we're tracking 74 other active welding openings from 54 employers. Browse welding jobs across Michigan.

The most active employers in Michigan at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Detroit, MI (6), Qualified Staffing (5), and Advanced Blending Solutions (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.

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