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Job Description

Overview

Wabtec is seeking a Welder for their Jackson, TN location, where you will work with a talented team to deliver quality products while prioritizing safety and continuous improvement. The role involves following engineering drawings and work instructions to assemble various products and ensure they meet specifications.

Responsibilities

  • Position, align, and fit components together.
  • Bolt, clamp, and tack-weld parts to secure in position for welding.
  • Set up equipment and weld parts using arc, gas-shielded arc, or submerged arc welding equipment.
  • Assemble parts by bolting and riveting.
  • Repair products by dismantling, straightening, reshaping, and reassembling parts.
  • Perform other duties outside of your function or trade as needed.

Requirements

  • High School Graduate or GED.
  • 1+ years of welding experience in a manufacturing/industrial environment.
  • MIG weld 2G capability/experience is required.
  • Ability to read and comprehend industrial blueprints.
  • Must possess the ability to use tools and equipment needed for assembly operations.
  • Good listening and communication skills.
  • Ability to work well with others and be a good team player.

Additional Information

  • Position based at Jackson, TN location.
  • Employees are required to wear personal protective equipment (PPE).
  • Wabtec will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the U.S.
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How this job compares in Jackson, TN

Pay in context

At roughly $30/hr, this posting sits about 25% above the $24/hr median for welding jobs across Tennessee — toward the top of a $21–$31/hr middle band drawn from 29 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 72% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Jackson, TN

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Jackson, TN, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Tennessee as a whole we're tracking 74 other active welding openings from 53 employers. Browse welding jobs across Tennessee.

The most active employers in Tennessee at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Mueller Water Products (4), Staffmark (4), and Welding Shop in Nashville, TN (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.

Similar openings near Jackson, TN

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