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Overview

Systems, LLC, an affiliate of Chamberlain Group, is a U.S.-based manufacturer of loading dock equipment. The company is committed to recruiting top talent and providing opportunities for career advancement.

Responsibilities

  • Work from different specifications, blueprints, drawings, and weld symbols.
  • Lay out materials and components for welding.
  • Weld and assemble pieces using handheld welding equipment.
  • Test and inspect welded components to ensure they meet specifications.
  • Prepare and complete work on materials by welding, cutting, grinding, and cleaning metal.
  • Load and operate robotic welders and troubleshoot basic programming issues.
  • Utilize measuring tools to take and read measurements.
  • Operate cranes, hoists, lift tables, and lift trucks.
  • Report damages on machines and maintain equipment safety.
  • Report unsafe conditions to management.
  • Perform other duties as assigned by supervisor.
  • Assist in related areas of manufacturing.
  • Comply with health and safety guidelines.
  • Maintain confidentiality of company information.
  • Contribute to team efforts and participate in projects.

Requirements

  • No minimum education required.
  • 2+ years of relevant work experience.
  • Prior experience with solid core wires and argon/oxygen welding gases.
  • Prior experience MIG welding of structural steel and plate.
  • Intermediate knowledge of MIG welding and handheld plasma machines.
  • Intermediate knowledge of welding techniques and material characteristics.
  • Ability to work at multiple stations in the manufacturing process.
  • Attention to detail.
  • Ability to work within an ERP system.
  • Ability to lift up to 50 pounds and push/pull up to 100 pounds.
  • Ability to stand, walk, and sit.
  • Ability to use hands for handling and feeling.
  • Ability to climb or balance.
  • Ability to stoop, kneel, bend, crouch, or crawl.
  • Ability to reach with hands and arms.
  • Ability to talk or hear.

Benefits

  • 401k

Additional Information

  • $2,000 sign on bonus when you join our team!
  • This position is eligible for participation in a short-term incentive plan.

Benefits

401k
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How this job compares in Germantown, WI

Pay in context

At roughly $27/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $25/hr median for welder fabricator jobs across Wisconsin, whose middle half runs $22–$25/hr across 14 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 79% 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 Germantown, WI

Germantown, WI currently has 3 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 2 employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Wisconsin as a whole we're tracking 165 other active welding openings from 101 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Germantown, or widen the search to Wisconsin.

The most active employers in Wisconsin at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are QPS Employment Group (16), Staff on Site (9), and Gpac (7). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Wisconsin, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Marinette at $32/hr, Waukesha at $30/hr, and Milwaukee at $25/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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 and Fabricator - 2nd Shift figures were last recalculated when this page was built.