Job Description

Overview

MSI Defense Solutions is hiring experienced Welders to join their growing team in Mooresville, North Carolina. This hands-on role involves supporting meaningful defense industry work by fabricating metal components and requires dependable, detail-oriented fabricators who prioritize safety and quality.

Responsibilities

  • Read blueprints and prepare materials for welding.
  • Fit materials and weld metal components using various tools and equipment.
  • Ensure quality workmanship and prioritize safety.

Requirements

  • Preferably 3+ years of MIG/TIG welding and fabrication experience with steel, chromoly, and aluminum.
  • Ability to interpret blueprints and welding symbols.
  • Experience with fabrication equipment, hand tools, and precision measuring tools.
  • Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work with minimal supervision.
  • Ability to achieve required weld certifications.
  • Must meet U.S. citizenship requirements and be able to obtain a security clearance if required.

Benefits

  • PTO
  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • Work 4 days a week on a 4 x 10 schedule (Monday–Thursday, 6:00am–4:30pm).
  • Located at a five-building campus in Mooresville, North Carolina.

Benefits

PTO
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k

How this job compares in Mooresville, NC

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across North Carolina currently run a median of $34/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $22–$34/hr across 42 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 Mooresville, NC

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Mooresville, NC, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across North Carolina as a whole we're tracking 103 other active welding openings from 51 employers. Browse welding jobs across North Carolina.

The most active employers in North Carolina at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Classic Collision (13), Southern Industrial Constructors, Inc. (8), and Environmental Air Systems (8). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

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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