Welder/Mechanic
Location
Alexandria, LA
Wage
$42,012/yr
Employment Type
Full-time
Required Skills & Certifications
API
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Posted on October 20, 2026
Job Description
Overview
The Welder/Mechanic position involves completing fabrication and welding repairs throughout the parish, as well as maintaining and repairing parish vehicles.
Responsibilities
- Complete fabrication and welding repairs throughout the parish.
- Maintain and repair parish vehicles.
Requirements
- Maintain records of services and repairs.
- Ensure proper operation of shop equipment.
- Inventory stock, place orders, and verify receipts.
- High school diploma or GED with formal training.
- One (1) year related experience.
- Welding Certification.
- Valid Louisiana driver's license.
- Ability to raise/lower and push/pull objects weighing up to 100 lbs.
- Ability to stand, climb, lift, balance, stoop, kneel & crawl for tasks.
- Able to work in inclement weather.
- Available for recall to work after normal working hours due to emergencies.
Benefits
- Dental
- Health Insurance
- Life Insurance
- PTO
- Parental Leave
- Retirement Plan
- Vision
Additional Information
- To be considered for this position, you must submit a completed application along with a copy of your driver's license, diploma/GED, degree, DD214.
- Apply at Rapides parish Civil Service, 5610 Coliseum Boulevard, Suite D, Alexandria, LA 71303 - or download an application at www.rppj.com/employment.
- Work Location: In person.
Benefits
Dental
Health Insurance
Life Insurance
PTO
Parental Leave
Retirement Plan
Vision
How this job compares in Alexandria, LA
Pay in context
At roughly $20/hr, this posting comes in about 30% below the $29/hr median for welding jobs across Louisiana, where the middle half runs $26–$38/hr across 29 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 Alexandria, LA
Alexandria, LA is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Louisiana as a whole we're tracking 105 other active welding openings from 63 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Louisiana.
The most active employers in Louisiana at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Worley (6), Turner Industries (6), and GrayWolf (5). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.
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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/Mechanic figures were last recalculated when this page was built.