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Job Description

Overview

The Welder/Fabricator position involves various welding techniques and responsibilities, including the use of hand tools and machinery to fabricate and rework parts while ensuring quality and safety standards are met.

Responsibilities

  • Set up and lay out work using jigs/fixtures or hand layouts to fabricate parts and/or rework finished products.
  • Inspect and correct welds as necessary to meet product specifications.
  • Read, understand, and follow job order specifications, engineering drawings, and/or work orders.
  • Understand welding symbols and diagrams, read blueprints, and/or other printed instructional material in the welding of products or parts.
  • Operate welding equipment in a safe manner.
  • Follow through with all welding procedures.
  • Maintain a clean and orderly work station/floor.

Requirements

  • Experience in MIG, TIG, Stick and Arc welding.
  • Experience with air gas cutting (Air Arc).
  • Experience with aluminum, cast iron, and steel welding.
  • Production and/or Job Shop welding experience.
  • Use of basic hand tools and welding machinery.
  • High School diploma or GED required.
  • Up to two to four years of welding experience or related fields preferred.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Work Location: In person

Benefits

401k
Dental
Health Insurance
PTO
Vision
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How this job compares in Wheeling, WV

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across West Virginia currently run a median of $32/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $26–$39/hr across 15 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 Wheeling, WV

Wheeling, WV is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across West Virginia as a whole we're tracking 25 other active welding openings from 18 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across West Virginia.

The most active employers in West Virginia at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Jennmar (6), Phillips Tank and Structure - Steel Valley Fabricators (2), and SHEET METAL WORKERS LOCAL 33 (2). 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, TIG, and Stick 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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