Job Description

Overview

The Mechanic Welder I position in Sioux City, NE focuses on promoting a safety-first culture while performing various welding and grinding tasks in heavy industries. The company emphasizes safety, health, and well-being for all employees and offers a supportive work environment.

Responsibilities

  • Promote a safety first culture by participating in safety toolbox meetings and evaluating work site hazards.
  • Grind seams, edges, and perform surface clean-up for weld preparation.
  • Weld primarily carbon and stainless-steel plates/shapes to specific codes and specifications.
  • Gouge welding seams and remove hardware.
  • Cut steel parts using an oxy-acetylene torch.
  • Carry and lift tools, equipment, and various parts.
  • Adhere to company policies, work procedures, and job site analyses.
  • Attend required training classes and provide opportunities for field personnel development.
  • Perform special assignments and additional tasks as assigned.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • PTO
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • Flexible home base location; can reside anywhere in the US within an hour of a major airport.
  • Work-life balance to focus on professional and personal priorities.
  • Competitive benefit package including health, disability, life, and voluntary insurance options.
  • Time to recharge through PTO, 10 annual holidays, and parental leave.
  • Retirement preparation with a 401(k) and company match.
  • Access to a dedicated recognition platform.

Benefits

Health Insurance
PTO
401k

How this job compares in Sioux City, IA

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Iowa currently run a median of $27/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $22–$35/hr across 14 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 Sioux City, IA

Sioux City, IA 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 Iowa as a whole we're tracking 32 other active welding openings from 30 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Sioux City, or widen the search to Iowa.

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

The most active employers in Iowa at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Army National Guard Units (3). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Similar openings near Sioux City, IA

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Mechanic Welder I figures were last recalculated when this page was built.