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Overview

At Wabash, Welders perform a variety of tasks in the manufacture of carbon, stainless steel, and aluminum products and subassemblies. They are expected to produce high-quality work while upholding production standards and may require qualification and certification tests.

Responsibilities

  • Own and help improve performance in Safety, Quality, and Delivery.
  • Carbon Steel/Aluminum/Stainless Steel MIG and/or TIG weld at a level that meets quality standards.
  • Read engineering prints, weld symbols, and follow specifications.
  • Perform basic operator preventative maintenance for welding related equipment.
  • Maneuver in tight and small spaces.
  • Work at heights of 15-20 ft.
  • Perform additional work assigned by the supervisor or team leader.
  • Wear approved personal protective equipment such as safety shoes, gloves, safety glasses, respirators, and hearing protection.
  • Complete assigned duties in accordance with safety policies and practices.

Requirements

  • Must be able to pass a pre-employment drug screen.
  • Must pass Weld Tests associated with product line prior to welding in production.
  • Must pass respirator fit test.
  • Basic reading, writing, math, and verbal skills.
  • Capable of following and understanding engineering prints, specifications, and instructions.

Benefits

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

Benefits

PTO
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
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How this job compares in Lafayette, IN

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Indiana currently run a median of $29/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $23–$31/hr across 85 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 Lafayette, IN

Lafayette, IN currently has 3 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 3 employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Indiana as a whole we're tracking 129 other active welding openings from 79 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Lafayette, or widen the search to Indiana.

Wabash currently has 1 other opening live in Indiana, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Indiana at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are NCW (37), Lensing Building Specialties & Architectural Sales (4), and TEAM, Inc. (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 and TIG 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. 3rd Shift Welder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.