Side Frame Welder
Location
Claremore, OK
Wage
$23/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Required Skills & Certifications
MIG WeldingSteel
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Posted on October 22, 2026
Job Description
Overview
This is an amazing opportunity for a skilled welder to earn $23.00 hourly on 1st Shift, working on industrial equipment. The position offers affordable health insurance after 30 days.
Responsibilities
- Perform welding operations on side frame assemblies and structural steel components
- Read and interpret blueprints and welding symbols
- Prepare materials and components for welding
- Inspect completed welds for defects
- Operate welding equipment and fabrication tools
Requirements
- Prior experience in welding operations
- Ability to interpret blueprints and fabrication drawings
- Experience in welding structural steel components
- Knowledge of welding processes and procedures
- Experience in quality control and inspection
Benefits
- Health Insurance
- Dental
- Vision
- PTO
- 401k
Additional Information
- 1st Shift
- Weekly pay
Benefits
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
401k
How this job compares in Claremore, OK
Pay in context
At roughly $23/hr, this posting comes in about 15% below the $27/hr median for welding jobs across Oklahoma, where the middle half runs $23–$30/hr across 64 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 27% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.
The local market in Claremore, OK
Claremore, OK currently has 4 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 Oklahoma as a whole we're tracking 115 other active welding openings from 68 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Claremore, or widen the search to 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 Broken Arrow at $23/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.
What you'll be running
This posting calls for MIG. 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.
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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. Side Frame Welder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.