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Overview

EK is looking for a full-time Welder ready to work hard and build their welding experience with the team. The ideal candidate should be able to weld on a variety of metals and alloys and navigate blueprints successfully.

Responsibilities

  • Read and understand American and European blueprints, geometrical call outs, and weld symbols.
  • Use GMAW-P, GMAW-S, and GTAW to weld weldments, tanks, and metal parts.
  • Perform welding on carbon steel, galvanized steel, stainless steel, and aluminum.
  • Conduct hand layouts of weldments with little to no supervision.
  • Use fixtures, gauges, and jigs to manufacture welded parts to specifications.
  • Assist with creating work instructions.
  • Complete inspections using calipers, height gauges, protractors, and tape measures.
  • Pressure test fuel tanks and hydro test glycol tanks.
  • Travel minimally between plants and adapt to product mix requirements.
  • Analyze weld processes and recommend improvements.

Requirements

  • 1-2 year Technical Welding Degree and 1 to 2 years of experience in related welding industry, or High School Diploma/GED and 3 to 4 years of experience.
  • Experience with GMAW-P, GMAW-S, and GTAW.
  • Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure.
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How this job compares in Madison, WI

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Wisconsin currently run a median of $26/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $23–$30/hr across 104 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 Madison, WI

Madison, WI is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Wisconsin as a whole we're tracking 165 other active welding openings from 108 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Wisconsin.

The most active employers in Wisconsin at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are QPS Employment Group (20), 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.

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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 Shift Madison figures were last recalculated when this page was built.