Job Description

Overview

As a Sheet Metal Welder at Gallo Mechanical, you will be responsible for welding, fabricating, and assembling sheet metal products using various welding techniques. The role requires interpreting blueprints and ensuring high-quality standards and safety protocols are followed.

Responsibilities

  • Use welding equipment to join, cut, or shape sheet metal components, ensuring structural integrity and quality.
  • Read and interpret blueprints, drawings, and specifications to determine the correct welding techniques and materials needed.
  • Inspect completed welds to ensure they meet the required standards, specifications, and tolerances.
  • Cut, trim, and prepare metal sheets or components before welding, ensuring proper fit-up for assembly.
  • Adhere to safety regulations and wear protective gear while working with welding equipment and sheet metal.
  • Maintain and care for welding tools and equipment to ensure they are in optimal working condition.
  • Work closely with other welders, fabricators, and production staff to complete projects on time and within budget.
  • Troubleshoot welding and metalworking issues to ensure quality outcomes and minimize errors or rework.

Requirements

  • A High School Diploma or equivalent.
  • Vocational training or apprenticeship in welding or metal fabrication is a plus.
  • Proven experience as a Sheet Metal Welder or similar welding role.
  • Strong knowledge of welding techniques (MIG, TIG, Stick) and metal fabrication processes.
  • Ability to read and understand blueprints, technical drawings, and schematics.
  • Excellent hand-eye coordination and dexterity to work with welding equipment.
  • Strong attention to detail with an ability to maintain high-quality standards.
  • Knowledge of safety practices and the ability to comply with safety regulations.
  • Certification in welding (e.g., AWS Certified Welder) preferred.
  • This position requires working in diverse conditions including exposure to noisy operating equipment, extreme weather conditions, precarious places, and risk of electrical shock.
  • This position is highly physical and requires regular use of hands, fingers, walking, stooping, kneeling and standing for long periods of time.

Benefits

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

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO

How this job compares in Lafayette, LA

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Louisiana currently run a median of $30/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $25–$36/hr across 30 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 Lafayette, LA

Lafayette, LA currently has 6 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 4 employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Louisiana as a whole we're tracking 95 other active welding openings from 57 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Lafayette, or widen the search to Louisiana.

The most active employers in Louisiana at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are PALA Interstate (7), Worley (6), and GrayWolf (5). 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 and TIG 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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