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Overview

The MIG & TIG Welder/Fabricator role involves performing high-quality welding on heavy machinery and structural equipment, interpreting blueprints, and ensuring workspace safety. Candidates should have at least 2 years of welding experience and be able to operate hoists and forklifts.

Responsibilities

  • Perform high-quality MIG and TIG welding on heavy machinery and structural equipment.
  • Independently layout, align, and fit complex weldments using detailed 2D industrial prints.
  • Safely operate overhead hoists, forklifts, and standard fabrication equipment to position heavy components.
  • Inspect welds to ensure structural integrity and compliance with engineering blueprints.
  • Maintain a clean, organized, and safe workspace in accordance with shop standards.

Requirements

  • At least 2 years of welding experience.
  • Experience operating hoists and forklifts.
  • Ability to work well with others.
  • Self-motivated and punctual.
  • Attention to detail and ability to maintain a clean and organized work area.

Benefits

  • Dental
  • Health Insurance
  • PTO
  • Vision

Additional Information

  • Work schedule is 6:00-2:30 with no weekends.
  • Location: Belding, MI 48809.
  • Work location is in person.

Benefits

Dental
Health Insurance
PTO
Vision
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How this job compares in Belding, MI

Pay in context

At roughly $22/hr, this posting comes in about 16% below the $26/hr median for welder fabricator jobs across Michigan, where the middle half runs $25–$29/hr across 14 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 21% 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 Belding, MI

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Belding, MI, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Michigan as a whole we're tracking 87 other active welding openings from 66 employers. Browse welding jobs across Michigan.

The most active employers in Michigan at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Detroit, MI (7), Qualified Staffing (6), and Fabcon Precast (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 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. MIG & TIG Welder/Fabricator figures were last recalculated when this page was built.