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Job Description

Overview

Progress Rail is a leading provider of railroad products and services, seeking a Welder II to perform welding operations on new locomotive assembly using visual and text instructions.

Responsibilities

  • Weld locomotive parts/heavy plate metal such as under frame structures, end plates, draft gear pockets.
  • Perform single- and multi-pass welds in all positions.
  • Repair welds using grinders, cutting torches, gouging equipment, and other tools.
  • Stick weld parts.
  • Ensure welders parameters are programmed.
  • Fit, weld, and air test parts.
  • Operate cranes/jib cranes.
  • Read and interpret weld reference documentation and assembly instructions.
  • Participate in problem solving and continuous improvement activities.

Requirements

  • Welding School Certification preferred.
  • GMAW (Gas Metal Arc Welding) and SMAW (Shielded Metal Arc Welding) all-position welding skills.
  • Ability to read and interpret blue prints/weld symbols.
  • Familiar with use of industrial equipment (gas cutting, hand grinders, mechanical tools).
  • Problem solving skills.
  • Solid mathematical skills.
  • Ability to meet physical demands of the job without or with reasonable accommodation.
  • Safety-aware, quality-focused, continuous improvement-oriented.

Benefits

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

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
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How this job compares in Muncie, IN

Pay in context

At roughly $27/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $29/hr median for welding jobs across Indiana, whose middle half runs $24–$31/hr across 84 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 31% 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 Muncie, IN

Muncie, IN is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Indiana as a whole we're tracking 121 other active welding openings from 73 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Indiana.

The most active employers in Indiana at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are NCW (37), Lensing Building Specialties & Architectural Sales (4), and Skillforce (3). 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 Stick. Stick (SMAW) burns a flux-coated consumable rod and needs no shielding gas, so it works in wind, rain, and on dirty or rusted steel. That tolerance for bad conditions keeps it the default for field, structural, and repair work.

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