Welder
Location
Hampton, IA
Wage
$20/hr
Employment Type
Contract
Required Skills & Certifications
Posted on October 16, 2026
Location
Hampton, IA
Wage
$20/hr
Employment Type
Contract
Posted on October 16, 2026
Position Title: Welder Wage: $20.00-$26.00 per hour Shift: 1st Hours: 5:00am-3:30pm (Mon-Thurs) QPS Employment Group has a great Welder position available at a company in Hampton, IA. This is a 1st shift position with the opportunity for hire. Welder Responsibilities include but are not limited to: - Ability to weld using MIG and Stick. - Read and interpret blueprints and technical drawings to determine welding specifications. - Inspect parts and weld components per blueprint specifications. - Connect cables from welding until to obtain amperage, voltage, slope, and pulse. - Weld in flat, horizontal, vertical, or overhead positions. - Examine welds for bead size. - Clean or degrease weld joint or work piece. - Repair broken or cracked parts and fill holes. - Prepare broken parts for welding by grooving or scarfing surface. - Positions and clamp work pieces together or assemble them in jig or fixture. - Perform general maintenance on welding units. - Operate electric hoist to load or move materials. - Maintain a clean and safe work area. Welder Requirements: - Able to lift, push, or pull up to 50lbs. - Ability to bend, twist, or kneel throughout an 8–10-hour shift. - Ability to communicate with team members by reading, writing, speaking, and listening. - Preform physical labor for extended periods of time. -Candidates *MUST HAVE* a proven track record of several years of solid work history. Please include details of your work experience on your resume. - Utilize basic math skills and properly read a tape measure. - Prior experience in manufacturing. - At least 1-3 years of Welding experience. IND098 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.
At roughly $20/hr, this posting comes in about 26% below the $27/hr median for welding jobs across Iowa, where the middle half runs $24–$35/hr across 13 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 0% 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.
This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Hampton, IA, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Iowa as a whole we're tracking 31 other active welding openings from 28 employers. Browse welding jobs across Iowa.
The most active employers in Iowa at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Army National Guard Units (3) and FLSmidth (2). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.
This posting calls for MIG and Stick 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. Stick (SMAW) burns a flux-coated consumable rod and needs no shielding gas, so it works in wind, rain, and on dirty or rusted steel. That tolerance for bad conditions keeps it the default for field, structural, and repair work.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Welder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.