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Overview

The Welder position involves fabrication welding of equipment made of metal structures, primarily working with galvanized sheet metal and thin-gauge materials. Candidates must demonstrate strong MIG welding experience and a commitment to safety and quality in a production environment.

Responsibilities

  • Operate welding machinery and equipment.
  • Read job specifications to determine machine adjustments and material requirements.
  • Measure work piece dimensions to determine accuracy of machine operation.
  • Weld in a fast-paced production environment, regularly working in a team.
  • Maintain the work area and equipment in a clean, orderly condition and follow safety regulations.
  • Operate any equipment needed to perform the job and perform other related duties as required.
  • Work effectively as part of a team.

Requirements

  • Strong MIG welding experience in a production or manufacturing environment.
  • Experience working with thin-gauge metal and maintaining high-quality weld standards.
  • Ability to read and follow welding specifications, blueprints, and work instructions.
  • Strong attention to detail and commitment to safety and quality.
  • High School diploma or GED; or two to three years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure.

Additional Information

  • Candidates must bring a welding helmet, welding sleeves, and steel-toed shoes for the weld test during the interview.
  • Graduate of a recognized welding trade school or vocational welding program is a nice to have.
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How this job compares in Forest Park, GA

Pay in context

At roughly $22/hr, this posting comes in about 23% below the $28/hr median for welding jobs across Georgia, where the middle half runs $23–$31/hr across 94 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 17% 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 Forest Park, GA

Forest Park, GA currently has 5 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 3 employers. 1 of them was added in the last week. Across Georgia as a whole we're tracking 268 other active welding openings from 144 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Forest Park, or widen the search to Georgia.

The most active employers in Georgia at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Classic Collision (14), Southern Industrial Constructors, Inc. (10), and Gerber Collision & Glass (9). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Georgia, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Forest Park at $39/hr, Marietta at $30/hr, and Atlanta at $28/hr. Forest Park is among them.

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. Welder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.