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Overview

Yancey Bros. Co. has been serving as the authorized Caterpillar equipment dealer for Georgia since 1914, providing high-quality sales, parts, and service. The Welder position involves welding fuel tanks and aluminum stud frames for weatherproof or sound attenuation enclosures.

Responsibilities

  • Using MIG welding techniques, weld aluminum stud frames, walls and roof to create the enclosures.
  • Weld all secondary and supporting components for the enclosure.
  • Assemble and weld walls around fuel tanks.
  • Test welds for leaks and complete spot welds where needed.
  • Work with Quality Control to confirm all weld work is as required by specifications.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
  • Minimum 1 year experience of MIG welding (work/hobby/volunteer).
  • Light and medium gauge fabrication experience.
  • Able to max lift 50 lbs. without assistance.
  • Successfully read tape measure and compute basic math.

Benefits

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

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
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How this job compares in Griffin, GA

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Georgia currently run a median of $28/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $25–$38/hr across 125 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 Griffin, GA

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Griffin, GA, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Georgia as a whole we're tracking 365 other active welding openings from 207 employers. Browse welding jobs across Georgia.

Yancey Bros. Co. currently has 5 other openings live in Georgia, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Georgia at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Classic Collision (14), Southern Industrial Constructors, Inc. (10), and JCB North America (8). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Georgia, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Forest Park at $39/hr, Atlanta at $30/hr, and Marietta at $30/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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