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Job Description

Overview

A structural welder fabricates, assembles, and joins metal components to create and maintain the framework of buildings, bridges, and other infrastructure, ensuring structural integrity and safety.

Responsibilities

  • Cut, shape, and join metal parts such as beams, columns, and plates to form complete structures using MIG, TIG, or stick welding techniques.
  • Interpret blueprints, schematics, and welding procedure specifications to determine the layout and sequence of welding operations.
  • Perform fit-up checks, tack welding, and final weld passes to ensure alignment and compliance with structural standards.
  • Maintain welding equipment and tools, and clean and prepare metal surfaces.

Requirements

  • Manual dexterity and precision in welding.
  • Knowledge of metallurgy to ensure welds can withstand stress and environmental factors.
  • Proficiency in operating welding machines, power saws, grinders, and lifting equipment like cranes and forklifts.
  • Ability to perform visual inspections and non-destructive testing to verify weld quality and structural integrity.
  • Strong problem-solving skills and adherence to safety protocols.

Additional Information

  • Structural welders work in diverse environments, including fabrication shops, construction sites, and outdoor locations.
  • Fieldwork may involve overhead welding, vertical positions, confined spaces, and exposure to weather conditions.
  • Safety is paramount, and welders must follow strict health and safety regulations.
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How this job compares in Franklin, LA

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Louisiana currently run a median of $29/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $25–$37/hr across 26 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 Franklin, LA

Franklin, LA 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 Louisiana as a whole we're tracking 91 other active welding openings from 55 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Franklin, or widen the search to Louisiana.

Taurus Industrial Group, LLC currently has 2 other openings live in Louisiana, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Louisiana at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are PALA Interstate (8), Worley (6), and GrayWolf (5). 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, TIG, and Stick 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 Welder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.