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Overview

Join Trane Technologies, a leader in sustainable climate solutions, and contribute to a better future through your work as a Welder I MIG on the 2nd shift. This role involves performing welding and grinding operations while adhering to safety and quality standards.

Responsibilities

  • Perform welding and grinding operations on assemblies using wire feed arc welding machines.
  • Demonstrate ability to read and understand TK prints for specific department.
  • Complete blueprint reading training and/or demonstrate the ability to read and understand Thermo King welding blueprints.
  • Successfully complete cycle time within the standard work.
  • Demonstrate good quality welds in both aluminum and/or steel by meeting department requirements.
  • Make minor adjustments on machines, including maintenance by meeting department checklist requirements.
  • Use all required measuring equipment.
  • Identify, load/unload jigs and fixtures.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or GED.
  • Successful completion of the GMAW 1 welding course through Central Community College.
  • Forklift certification, if applicable.
  • Aluminum and steel welding certifications.
  • Ability to successfully complete a welding demonstration.
  • Internal bidders must complete the GMAW 1 welding course through CCC before being considered for the position, unless they currently possess the necessary welding certifications.
  • External hires must initiate the Thermo King Certification process within the first 30 days of hire.
  • Basic understanding of documentation such as ISO, Windchill, Kanban, and TKSs.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • PTO
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • On-Site work for 5 days.
  • Safety Sensitive role may require additional drug screening.

Benefits

Health Insurance
PTO
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How this job compares in Hastings, NE

Pay in context

At roughly $24/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $24/hr median for welding jobs across Nebraska, whose middle half runs $20–$27/hr across 30 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 47% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in Hastings, NE

Hastings, NE is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 2 employers. Across Nebraska as a whole we're tracking 46 other active welding openings from 35 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across 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.

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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. Welder I MIG 2nd Shift figures were last recalculated when this page was built.