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Overview

Wabtec Corporation is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions, and value-added services for freight and transit rail. The Welder position involves welding and assembling metal pieces using handheld equipment, with a focus on safety and quality.

Responsibilities

  • Weld and assemble metal pieces and products using handheld welding equipment.
  • Set up parts for welding using hand tools, clamps, jigs, and fixtures.
  • Work from specifications, drawings, and weld symbols.
  • Prepare and complete work on materials by welding, cutting, grinding, and cleaning metal.
  • Read blueprints and drawings using GD&T and take or red measurements to plan layout and procedures.
  • Determine appropriate welding equipment or method based on drawing or material requirements.
  • Operate angle grinders to prepare and finish dress parts that must be welded.
  • Set up components for welding according to specifications with proper fit-up.
  • Align components using calipers, rulers, clamps, fixtures.
  • Perform final inspection of welds using proper weld gauges.
  • Repair fixtures, components or equipment by welding pieces and filling gaps.
  • Maintain work area and equipment in a condition that assures safety by using 5S principles.

Requirements

  • High School graduate or general education degree.
  • Two years of experience with GTAW and GMAW processes.
  • Three years minimum industry experience in manufacturing or transportation and/or training.
  • Possess basic math skills and ability to read and interpret blueprints.
  • Must be able to pass two welder qualification tests per AWS D1.1.

Additional Information

  • 1st Shift 6:30a - 3:00pm.
  • Starting at $23.00/hr.

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How this job compares in Duncan, SC

Pay in context

At roughly $23/hr, this posting comes in about 12% below the $26/hr median for welding jobs across South Carolina, where the middle half runs $23–$34/hr across 37 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 22% 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 Duncan, SC

Duncan, SC 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 South Carolina as a whole we're tracking 110 other active welding openings from 78 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Duncan, or widen the search to South Carolina.

The most active employers in South Carolina at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Recruiting Solutions (4), Parker Hannifin (3), and Kelso Industries (3). 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.

Certifications this posting mentions

  • AWS D1.1 — the American Welding Society's Structural Welding Code for steel. It governs almost all building and structural steel work in the US, so a D1.1 qualification is the baseline credential for construction and ironworking.

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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