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Overview

Stand-By Personnel is seeking an experienced MIG Welder for a structural steel manufacturing opportunity in Collinsville, Oklahoma. This position involves fitting, assembling, and welding structural steel components according to blueprints, fabrication drawings, and production specifications.

Responsibilities

  • Perform MIG and Flux Core welding on structural steel components according to established fabrication specifications and production requirements.
  • Read and interpret blueprints, welding symbols, technical drawings, and work orders to determine welding and assembly requirements.
  • Measure, fit, align, and assemble structural steel materials in preparation for welding.
  • Prepare welding joints, position components, and perform tack welding as required to maintain proper alignment.
  • Operate welding equipment, grinders, and other fabrication tools safely and efficiently.
  • Complete structural welds while maintaining consistent quality, proper technique, and dimensional accuracy.
  • Inspect completed welds for visible defects and verify that finished assemblies meet applicable quality standards.
  • Identify and correct fitting or welding concerns before components advance through production.
  • Maintain clean and organized work areas, follow all company safety procedures, and assist with additional welding and fabrication responsibilities.

Requirements

  • Candidates must have previous experience fitting and assembling structural steel components in an industrial manufacturing environment.
  • Strong attention to dimensional accuracy and structural fit-up is essential for producing quality fabricated assemblies.
  • Candidates should be comfortable preparing weld joints, performing structural welds, and maintaining consistent workmanship throughout production.
  • Experience welding structural steel in various positions, particularly vertical welding, is important.
  • Candidates must successfully complete a 3G MIG / Flux Core weld test.
  • Ability to read and interpret blueprints, fabrication drawings, work orders, and welding symbols is essential.
  • Candidates must demonstrate proficiency in vertical welding and successfully complete the required 3G MIG / Flux Core weld test.
  • Strong mechanical aptitude, attention to detail, and the ability to inspect completed welds for visible defects are important.
  • Candidates must be comfortable working independently or as part of a fabrication team while maintaining production efficiency.
  • Dependable attendance, punctuality, and a strong commitment to workplace safety are required.

Benefits

  • Dental
  • Health Insurance
  • Life Insurance
  • Vision

Additional Information

  • Location: Collinsville, OK 74021
  • Shift: Monday–Friday | 5:00 AM – 3:30 PM

Benefits

Dental
Health Insurance
Life Insurance
Vision
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How this job compares in Collinsville, OK

Pay in context

At roughly $25/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $27/hr median for welding jobs across Oklahoma, whose middle half runs $23–$30/hr across 64 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 39% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in Collinsville, OK

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Collinsville, OK, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Oklahoma as a whole we're tracking 115 other active welding openings from 68 employers. Browse welding jobs across Oklahoma.

The most active employers in Oklahoma at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Alfa Laval (8), Hayden Industrial (5), and Chart Industries, 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 Oklahoma, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Catoosa at $29/hr, Tulsa at $27/hr, and Claremore at $25/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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.

See all MIG welder openings if you want to compare this against similar roles.

Certifications this posting mentions

  • 3G / 4G — plate position tests — 3G is welded vertically, 4G overhead. Together they demonstrate you can hold a puddle against gravity, and they are the common entry qualifications for structural and production shops.

Read straight from this posting's text. Confirm the exact qualification the employer wants before you test — requirements vary by shop even under the same code.

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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 - MIG | $25/Hour figures were last recalculated when this page was built.