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Overview

Join our team in Mobile, AL 36608 as a Structural Steel Fabrication Welder, where your craft will shape heavy steel components into safe, reliable structures. You will translate drawings into precise welds, keep projects on schedule, and uphold the highest bar for quality and safety.

Responsibilities

  • Decode blueprints and technical drawings to determine joint design, materials, and welding parameters
  • Execute production and assembly welds using MIG, TIG, Stick, and Flux-Cored processes on a range of metals
  • Verify weld quality through visual checks and measurements to meet specifications and codes
  • Champion safety protocols and maintain a clean, organized workstation
  • Partner with teammates to deliver projects on time and within budget
  • Perform routine maintenance and basic troubleshooting on welding equipment
  • Engage in ongoing training to sharpen technique and expand certifications

Requirements

  • High school diploma or equivalent; welding certifications (e.g., AWS) preferred
  • Demonstrated experience as a structural welder in manufacturing or construction
  • Solid understanding of welding processes, base metals/fillers, and safety standards
  • Proven ability to read and interpret blueprints and technical drawings
  • Keen attention to detail with strong problem-solving ability
  • Comfort working independently and within a team environment
  • Physical stamina and strength to work in varied conditions
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How this job compares in Semmes, AL

Pay in context

At roughly $25/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $25/hr median for welding jobs across Alabama, whose middle half runs $21–$33/hr across 44 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 52% 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 Semmes, AL

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Semmes, AL, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Alabama as a whole we're tracking 104 other active welding openings from 62 employers. Browse welding jobs across Alabama.

The most active employers in Alabama at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Blue Origin (15), Austal USA (9), and Savard Group (3). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Alabama, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Mobile at $40/hr and Birmingham at $28/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG, TIG, Stick, and Flux-Core 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. Structural Steel Fabrication Welder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.