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Job Description

Overview

Watlow is a global technology and manufacturing leader providing innovative thermal products and systems. They are hiring a Senior Welder at their Hannibal, Missouri facility, where the focus is on quality, safety, and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

  • Prepare materials and/or parts for welding to specifications
  • Setup and operate equipment needed to cut, stamp, bend, form metal parts and materials for welding
  • Perform welding operations using spot, PAW, Mig, and Tig welders to join parts, vessels, enclosures, etc.
  • Use Computerized Numeric Control (CNC) plasma cutters and other electronically controlled welders to help cut and weld materials and parts
  • Test completed product for welding reliability and completeness, and may clean, re-weld, grind and finish welding
  • Clean and do preventative maintenance on welding and preparation equipment as needed

Requirements

  • High school diploma/GED certificate or equivalent preferred
  • Welding certificate or welding related work experience (3-5 years)
  • Read and comprehend measurements on tape measure
  • Ability to sit or stand for prolonged periods

Benefits

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

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
PTO
Dental
Vision
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How this job compares in Hannibal, MO

Pay in context

At roughly $29/hr, this posting sits about 16% above the $25/hr median for welding jobs across Missouri — toward the top of a $23–$28/hr middle band drawn from 52 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 79% 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 Hannibal, MO

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Hannibal, MO, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Missouri as a whole we're tracking 88 other active welding openings from 57 employers. Browse welding jobs across Missouri.

The most active employers in Missouri at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are QPS Employment Group (8), Welding Shop in Kansas City, MO (6), and Greenbrier Companies (4). 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. Senior Welder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.