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Overview

Etna Supply is an industry leader in plumbing, heating, underground, municipal, and fire protection wholesale distribution throughout Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, and Wisconsin. The Hand Welder role involves welding round pipe to customer specifications and ensuring products meet quality and safety standards in a fast-paced production environment.

Responsibilities

  • MIG weld pipe and fabricated components to required specifications using manual and automated welding equipment.
  • Read and interpret mechanical drawings and specifications to determine material needs and machine settings.
  • Operate fabrication shop equipment to cut, thread, and prepare pipe and materials.
  • Inspect and measure finished workpieces to ensure accuracy and quality standards are met.
  • Monitor machine operation and identify defects or equipment issues.
  • Perform basic machine maintenance and keep equipment in safe working condition.
  • Maintain a clean and organized work area while following OSHA safety standards.
  • Work collaboratively with team members to meet production goals and customer expectations.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or equivalent required.
  • Welding certification preferred, or equivalent professional welding experience.
  • Ability to pass an operator exam and operate powered industrial equipment.
  • Ability to MIG weld and operate fabrication shop machinery.
  • Ability to read and interpret technical drawings and specifications.
  • Strong attention to detail and ability to measure accurately.
  • Basic math skills (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division).
  • Ability to work safely and follow OSHA guidelines in a shop environment.
  • Effective communication and teamwork skills in a production setting.
  • Ability to adapt and work efficiently in a fast-paced environment.
  • Basic computer skills.

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation and benefits package, including quarterly bonuses!
  • Professional development opportunities to support your growth.
  • A collaborative and inclusive work environment that values your contributions.

Additional Information

  • This position is first shift, with availability required starting at 5:00am.

Benefits

Competitive compensation and benefits package, including quarterly bonuses!
Professional development opportunities to support your growth.
A collaborative and inclusive work environment that values your contributions.
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How this job compares in Kentwood, MI

Pay in context

At roughly $19/hr, this posting comes in about 22% below the $25/hr median for welding jobs across Michigan, where the middle half runs $22–$32/hr across 59 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 10% 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 Kentwood, MI

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Kentwood, 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. 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.

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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. Hand Welder- 1st Shift figures were last recalculated when this page was built.