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Job Description

Overview

The Welder 1st position involves welding and fabricating parts according to specifications and company standards. The role requires efficient welding of various metals and the ability to analyze blueprints and drawings.

Responsibilities

  • Perform efficient welding of various metal objects using MIG and TIG equipment.
  • Analyze blueprints, specifications, sketches, work orders, and material safety data sheets to plan welding operations.
  • Set up, troubleshoot, and adjust welding equipment.
  • Layout, position, align, and secure parts and assemblies prior to assembly.
  • Report all non-conforming material to the Welding Team Leader and/or Shop Foreman.
  • Input and maintain data in the ERP computer system.

Requirements

  • Maintain excellent attendance and flexibility to work overtime.
  • High school education with a minimum of 2 years welding experience.
  • Solid understanding of welding equipment and tooling.
  • Ability to read and interpret blueprints, welding process specifications, and welding symbols.
  • Ability to operate manual or semi-automatic welding equipment.
  • Ability to weld in all positions with good penetration and quality.
  • Ability to read a tape measure, pressure gauge, level, square, and use various power tools.
  • Work independently and follow direction.
  • Excellent verbal communication skills.
  • Basic computer skills.

Additional Information

  • Shift: Monday-Thursday 6:00 am - 4:30 pm, overtime as needed.
  • A welding test will be administered as part of the application process.
  • Humidity level may be elevated during summer months.
  • Exposure to certain contaminants and loud noise at times.
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How this job compares in Mebane, NC

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across North Carolina currently run a median of $34/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $25–$34/hr across 36 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 Mebane, NC

Mebane, NC is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across North Carolina as a whole we're tracking 104 other active welding openings from 52 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across North Carolina.

The most active employers in North Carolina at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Classic Collision (13), Southern Industrial Constructors, Inc. (9), and Environmental Air Systems (6). 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 and TIG work. 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. TIG (GTAW) uses a non-consumable tungsten electrode with filler added by hand, giving the operator the most control of any process. It is slow, demanding, and the standard for stainless, aluminum, and anything where the bead has to look as good as it holds.

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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 1st figures were last recalculated when this page was built.