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Overview

The Welder I position on the 2nd shift involves performing various types of welding under the direction of a supervisor, contributing to the fabrication of parts for product assembly. The role requires compliance with safety rules and the ability to train new employees.

Responsibilities

  • Comply with the company/site safety rules.
  • Perform safe and effective operation of all equipment needed to perform job function.
  • Flex across different products and areas to support business needs.
  • Provide training to new employees or employees learning new work areas to work instructions/standard work.
  • Follow established procedures, processes, or policies.
  • Interpret and understand engineering drawings and blueprints to accurately execute welding tasks.
  • Assist with robotic welder.
  • Perform additional duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or Certification.
  • Internal written and physical weld test.
  • An understanding of welding fundamentals.
  • Basic welding experience and/or training.
  • Basic knowledge of Mig Welding Equipment.
  • Ability to follow direction and work in a team environment.
  • 1 year of experience in a production welding environment and successful completion of internal weld test for Welder II.
  • Working towards apprenticeship or certification for Welder II.
  • Manufacturing experience, including knowledge of manufacturing processes or related experience for Welder II.
  • Basic knowledge of Mig and Tig Welding Equipment for Welder II.
  • Crane Certification for Welder II.
  • 2 years of experience in a production welding environment and successful completion of internal weld test for Welder III.
  • Experience in root cause problem-solving (5 Why, 8D, PDCA, etc.) for Welder III.

Additional Information

  • Hours: 3pm - 11pm
  • Pay: $21.25 an hour + 13% shift premium = $24.01
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How this job compares in Eagle, WI

Pay in context

At roughly $23/hr, this posting comes in about 13% below the $26/hr median for welding jobs across Wisconsin, where the middle half runs $23–$28/hr across 73 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 26% 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 Eagle, WI

Eagle, WI is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Wisconsin as a whole we're tracking 124 other active welding openings from 81 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Wisconsin.

Generac currently has 1 other opening live in Wisconsin, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Wisconsin at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are QPS Employment Group (12), Staff on Site (9), and API Heat Transfer (6). 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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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Welder I -2nd Shift figures were last recalculated when this page was built.