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Position Title: Aluminum Welder Wage: $28.00-$32.00 per hour + a $2 shift premium for 2nd shift Shift: 1st, 2nd Hours: 6:00am-2:30pm; 2:00pm-10:30pm QPS Employment Group has a great Aluminum Welder position available at a company in Franklin, WI. This is a 1st and 2nd shift position with the opportunity for hire.  Aluminum Welder Responsibilities include but are not limited to: - Weld aluminum components using MIG and TIG techniques with accuracy and consistency. - Read and interpret blueprints and technical drawings. - Set up and operate welding equipment and tools. - Inspect welds for quality and compliance. - Collaborate with engineering and quality teams to resolve issues. - Maintain a clean and safe work environment. - Support continuous improvement in welding processes. Aluminum Welder Requirements: - 2+ years of aluminum MIG & TIG welding experience. - Ability to read blueprints and welding symbols. - Strong attention to detail and commitment to safety. - Welding certification preferred (e.g., AWS D1.2). - Team-oriented mindset and ability to work independently. - Ability to lift up to 50 lbs and work in various positions. - Manual dexterity and visual acuity for precision welding - Exposure to heat, noise, and welding fumes (PPE provided) - Frequently required to sit/stand, talk and hear, use hands to finger, handle, or touch objects or controls. - Required to stand, walk, stoop, bend, and occasionally reach above shoulders. About us: QPS Employment Group is a full-service staffing firm comprised of dedicated and passionate people with over 50 offices throughout the United States. We place great people with great companies in industrial, skilled trades, administrative, manufacturing, general labor and professional employment. Hiring immediately!   Why Work with QPS? - Access to sought-after positions with leading employers - Dedicated placement specialists who will guide you through every step of the job search process   Best of all, our job matching and resume assistance services are 100% free to job seekers and we will never ask you to pay a fee!   Please note that QPS Employment Group may use a virtual recruiting assistant to help screen and schedule candidates efficiently. All information collected through this process is used solely for employment purposes and is handled securely in accordance with our privacy policy.   We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

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How this job compares in Franklin, WI

Pay in context

At roughly $28/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $26/hr median for welding jobs across Wisconsin, whose middle half runs $23–$30/hr across 103 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 66% 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 Franklin, WI

Franklin, WI currently has 3 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 3 employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Wisconsin as a whole we're tracking 165 other active welding openings from 109 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Franklin, or widen the search to Wisconsin.

QPS Employment Group currently has 19 other openings live in Wisconsin, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Wisconsin at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are QPS Employment Group (19), Wabash (6), and Metalcraft of Mayville, Inc. (4). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Wisconsin, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Marinette at $32/hr, Manitowoc at $30/hr, and Waukesha 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 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.

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

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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. Aluminum Welder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.