Job Description

Overview

At ABB, we help industries run leaner and cleaner, empowering individuals to lead and grow while making a significant impact. The Welder position involves performing TIG welding on critical components and ensuring quality standards are met.

Responsibilities

  • Perform TIG (GTAW) welding on critical components for level products.
  • Read and interpret complex blueprints, engineering drawings, and work instructions.
  • Inspect materials and production continuously to ensure welds meet ABB’s quality standards.
  • Support production by assisting leads, training others, and completing additional tasks as needed.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma or equivalent.
  • 2+ years of TIG (GTAW) welding experience on thin gauge (.020”–.050”) Carbon Steel, Stainless Steel, Titanium, and Hastelloy.
  • Ability to set up and operate welding equipment, including adjusting amps, polarity, and shielding gases.
  • Demonstrated experience reading engineering drawings and specifications.
  • Candidates must already have work authorization that would permit them to work for ABB in the US permanently.

Benefits

  • 401k
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Onsite work model in Bartlesville, OK.
  • Great hours, day schedule, with paid holidays off.
  • Climate-controlled, safe, clean, and quiet facility.
  • Competitive pay and comprehensive benefits package.
  • Opportunities for growth and advancement.

Benefits

401k
PTO

How this job compares in Bartlesville, OK

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Oklahoma currently run a median of $25/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $21–$29/hr across 66 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 Bartlesville, OK

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Bartlesville, OK, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Oklahoma as a whole we're tracking 107 other active welding openings from 65 employers. Browse welding jobs across Oklahoma.

The most active employers in Oklahoma at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are American StaffCorp Job Board (7), Aerotek (6), and HireCall (6). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Oklahoma, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Catoosa at $28/hr, Tulsa at $26/hr, and Claremore at $25/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

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.

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