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Job Description

Overview

A manufacturing company is seeking experienced MIG Welders for full-time production welding positions. Overtime is available.

Responsibilities

  • MIG weld metal components
  • Fit and prepare materials for welding
  • Use grinders and fabrication tools
  • Inspect welds for quality
  • Maintain production efficiency
  • Follow shop safety procedures

Requirements

  • Previous MIG welding experience
  • Manufacturing or production welding experience preferred
  • Ability to work with metal fabrication tools
  • Strong attention to weld quality
  • Available for overtime

Additional Information

  • Pay: Days starts at $16.50 Nights starts at $18.50
  • Weekly Pay
  • Long-Term Temp-to-Hire
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How this job compares in Yukon, OK

Pay in context

At roughly $18/hr, this posting comes in about 30% below the $25/hr median for welding jobs across Oklahoma, where the middle half runs $21–$30/hr across 62 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 3% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.

The local market in Yukon, OK

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Yukon, OK, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Oklahoma as a whole we're tracking 104 other active welding openings from 64 employers. Browse welding jobs across Oklahoma.

Hire Go currently has 1 other opening live in Oklahoma, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Oklahoma at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are HireCall (7), American StaffCorp Job Board (6), and Alfa Laval (6). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Oklahoma, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Catoosa at $29/hr, Tulsa at $26/hr, and Claremore 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.

See all manufacturing welder openings if you want to compare this against similar roles.

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