Manufacturing Welder
Location
Mobile, AL
Posted on September 25, 2026
Location
Mobile, AL
Posted on September 25, 2026
SLB is seeking a proactive and highly driven individual to join our operations as a Manufacturing Welder at our facility in Mobile, AL, responsible for weld preparation, welding, and weld finishing to manufacture products according to drawings, specifications, and other forms of instruction.
This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Alabama currently run a median of $25/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $20–$33/hr across 48 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.
We're tracking 15 other active welding openings in Mobile, AL right now, from 6 different employers. 2 of them were added in the last week. Across Alabama as a whole we're tracking 112 other active welding openings from 71 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Mobile, or widen the search to Alabama.
SLB currently has 1 other opening live in Alabama, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.
The most active employers in Alabama at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Blue Origin (15), Austal USA (9), and Savard Group (3). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.
Within Alabama, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Mobile at $40/hr and Birmingham at $24/hr. Mobile is among them.
This posting calls for TIG. 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.
See all manufacturing welder openings if you want to compare this against similar roles.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Manufacturing Welder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.