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WELDERS NEEDED!!! - WISCONSIN $40/$150

Location

Newport News, VA

Wage

$40/hr

Employment Type

Contract

Required Skills & Certifications

MIG WeldingFlux-Core WeldingSteelAluminum
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Posted on October 26, 2026

Job Description

Overview

Trade Team is actively seeking experienced Specialty and Seam Welders for a new construction shipyard in Marinette, WI.

Requirements

  • Shipyard experience is REQUIRED
  • FCAW on Steel
  • MIG-Pulse on Aluminum
  • Must be able to successfully complete the required weld tests
  • Must be able to pass a FCAW weld test using ceramic backing

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision

Additional Information

  • $40.00/Hour
  • $150/day per diem
  • $500 travel reimbursement after 40 hours worked
  • Hotel advanced until first paycheck
  • Welding Tests Required
  • Aluminum tests are X-rayed
  • Work Location: In person

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
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How this job compares in Newport News, VA

Pay in context

At roughly $40/hr, this posting sits about 38% above the $29/hr median for welding jobs across Virginia — toward the top of a $24–$34/hr middle band drawn from 70 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 87% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Newport News, VA

Newport News, VA currently has 9 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 7 employers. 3 of them were added in the last week. Across Virginia as a whole we're tracking 128 other active welding openings from 70 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Newport News, or widen the search to Virginia.

The most active employers in Virginia at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Innovative Refrigeration Systems, Inc. (14), General Dynamics NASSCO (10), and Atlantic Constructors, Inc. (7). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Virginia, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Newport News at $31/hr, Norfolk at $30/hr, and Chesapeake at $28/hr. Newport News is among them.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG and Flux-Core 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. Flux-cored (FCAW) runs a hollow wire filled with flux, combining MIG-like deposition rates with the outdoor tolerance of stick. It is the workhorse on heavy structural steel and shipbuilding, where thick sections and long welds reward speed.

Similar openings near Newport News, VA

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. WELDERS NEEDED!!! - WISCONSIN $40/$150 figures were last recalculated when this page was built.