1ST SHIFT WELDER

Location

Tullahoma, TN

Wage

$15 – $16/hr

Employment Type

Full-time

Required Skills & Certifications

MIG WeldingTIG WeldingStick WeldingFlux-Core Welding
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Posted on September 29, 2026

Job Description

What We’re Looking For • Experience: Minimum [2–5+] years of professional welding and fabrication experience.

  • Certifications: ability to pass a hands-on welding test on-site.
  • Skills: blueprint reading skills, expertise in precision measurement, and material preparation.
  • Work Ethic: attention to detail, reliability, and a team-player attitude.
  • Physical Ability: Able to lift up to [50] lbs, stand for extended periods, and work in shop or field environments.

salary: $15 - $16 per hour shift: First work hours: 8 AM - 4 PM education: High School

Responsibilities

  • Welding Operations: Perform MIG, TIG, Stick, or Flux-Cored welding according to engineering drawings, blueprints, and job specifications.
  • Blueprint Reading & Layout: Interpret technical drawings, schematics, and weld symbols to plan the layout, assembly, and welding sequence.
  • Material Preparation: Cut, grind, clean, and fit metal components using plasma cutters, oxy-fuel torches, angle grinders, and band saws.
  • Quality Assurance & Inspection: Inspect completed welds for flaws, cracks, porosity, or distortion using visual inspection, gauges, or testing equipment.
  • Equipment Maintenance: Set up, calibrate, and perform routine maintenance on welding machines, gas regulators, torches, and auxiliary tools.
  • Safety & Compliance: Adhere strictly to OSHA, AWS, and company safety protocols, including wearing proper PPE and maintaining a clean work area.

The essential functions of this role include:

• wearing steel toe shoes • working in a non-temperature controlled environment • manual lifting up to 50lbs Skills • Mig • Tig Qualifications • Years of experience: 2 years • Experience level: Experienced Randstad is a world leader in matching great people with great companies. Our experienced agents will listen carefully to your employment needs and then work diligently to match your skills and qualifications to the right job and company. Whether you're looking for temporary, temporary-to-permanent or permanent opportunities, no one works harder for you than Randstad.

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Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).

This posting is open for thirty (30) days.

Benefits

401k
Dental
Vision

How this job compares in Tullahoma, TN

Pay in context

At roughly $16/hr, this posting comes in about 35% below the $24/hr median for welding jobs across Tennessee, where the middle half runs $21–$27/hr across 27 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 Tullahoma, TN

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Tullahoma, TN, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Tennessee as a whole we're tracking 69 other active welding openings from 52 employers. Browse welding jobs across Tennessee.

The most active employers in Tennessee at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Nashville, TN (4), Staffmark (4), and JOST International (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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