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Overview

The Welder position involves manufacturing parts and components to customer specifications through welding and fabrication processes. The role includes the setup, operation, and maintenance of welding equipment, with a pay range of $17-$22 per hour depending on experience.

Responsibilities

  • Operate and maintain welding equipment (manual, spot, robotic)
  • Perform metal fabrication and grinding to specifications
  • Set up fixtures and workstations to ensure quality output
  • Read and interpret blueprints and drawings
  • Perform routine equipment maintenance
  • Follow production schedules and supervisor direction

Requirements

  • Drug Screen Required
  • Background Check Required
  • High School Diploma or Equivalent Required
  • Client Interview Required
  • Valid Driver’s License
  • Must be able to communicate in English
  • Welding experience required, client prefers experience but open to some training
  • Ability to read blueprints and drawings
  • Comfortable using measuring devices and fabrication tools
  • 1+ year welding experience
  • AWS certification or ability to obtain
  • Experience with GMAW welding and weld station setup
  • Forklift experience/certification
  • Associate Degree from accredited welding program preferred
  • Frequent standing, walking, bending, kneeling
  • Lift up to 50 lbs frequently
  • Use of hands for tools and materials
  • Ability to wear PPE (welding shield, ear protection, steel-toe boots)

Benefits

  • Health Insurance

Additional Information

  • Schedule: Monday–Thursday, 6:00 AM-2:30 PM; Friday 6:00 AM-12:00 PM
  • Bonus Opportunity: $350 Attendance Bonus for perfect attendance during the first 30 days
  • Work Environment: Manufacturing setting with moderate noise levels
  • Dress Code: Casual-but-respectable, steel-toe boots

Benefits

Health Insurance
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How this job compares in Omaha, NE

Pay in context

At roughly $20/hr, this posting comes in about 19% below the $24/hr median for welding jobs across Nebraska, where the middle half runs $21–$27/hr across 30 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 23% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.

The local market in Omaha, NE

Omaha, NE currently has 4 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 3 employers. 3 of them were added in the last week. Across Nebraska as a whole we're tracking 46 other active welding openings from 35 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Omaha, or widen the search to Nebraska.

The most active employers in Nebraska at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Valmont Industries, Inc. (5), REV Group, Inc (3), and CNH (2). 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 Omaha, NE

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Welder (1st Shift) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.