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Overview

At Stoughton Trailers, an industry leader with deep Wisconsin roots, we pride ourselves on quality, safety, and operational excellence. As a GMAW (MIG) Fabrication Welder, you’ll turn raw steel into reliable trailers that keep freight moving—safely, precisely, and on time.

Responsibilities

  • Set up various parts and assemblies for welding on carbon and stainless steels of multiple gauges.
  • Align components using blocking, braces, jigs, wedges, drift pins, turnbuckles, and pry bars.
  • Perform GMAW welds in flat, horizontal, vertical down, and overhead positions.
  • Prepare and finish workpieces by grinding or chipping rough edges, surplus weld, or scale.
  • Clamp, position, and bolt together straps or parts to spec.
  • Operate overhead cranes, hoists, and other lifting devices safely.
  • Run both manual and robotic welding equipment; verify measurements and complete quality records.
  • Contribute to a safe, efficient, highly productive environment; maintain reliable, on-time attendance.
  • Work mandatory overtime as required; perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or equivalent, based on education and work experience.
  • Welder certification preferred.
  • Read blueprints and process sheets; accurately use gauges and tape measures.
  • Apply basic shop math (fractions, measurements).
  • Strong grasp of welding practices and defect identification/repair.
  • Set up and operate weld machines, oxy-acetylene torches, plasma equipment, and robotic welders.
  • Successfully pass written and hands-on weld tests.
  • Successfully pass pulmonary function tests.

Additional Information

  • Schedule Options: Monday–Thursday: 5:30 AM–4:00 PM, Monday–Thursday: 4:30 PM–3:00 AM, Friday–Sunday: 5:00 AM–5:00 PM.
  • Shifts: 1st, 2nd, & Weekend.
  • Overtime: Required as business needs.
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How this job compares in Stoughton, WI

Pay in context

At roughly $25/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $24/hr median for welder fabricator jobs across Wisconsin, whose middle half runs $20–$29/hr across 11 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 64% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in Stoughton, WI

Stoughton, WI is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 2 employers. Across Wisconsin as a whole we're tracking 149 other active welding openings from 99 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Wisconsin.

Stoughton/STI Holdings currently has 1 other opening live in Wisconsin, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Wisconsin at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are QPS Employment Group (12), Staff on Site (9), and API Heat Transfer (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 Wisconsin, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Marinette at $32/hr and Milwaukee at $25/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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. GMAW Fabrication Welder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.