3rd Shift Cell Operator - Portaband Weld - $22.64/hour
Location
Shelbyville, KY
Wage
$21.14 – $22.64/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on October 26, 2026
Location
Shelbyville, KY
Wage
$21.14 – $22.64/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on October 26, 2026
The 3rd Shift Cell Operator position at Stanley Black & Decker involves working as part of the Shelbyville Manufacturing team to operate and maintain equipment for cutting, welding, and inspecting Porta Band blades. The role requires a commitment to safety and quality while contributing to the production of tools for well-known brands.
At roughly $22/hr, this posting comes in about 34% below the $33/hr median for welding jobs across Kentucky, where the middle half runs $27–$45/hr across 9 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 11% 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.
This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Shelbyville, KY, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Kentucky as a whole we're tracking 15 other active welding openings from 14 employers. Browse welding jobs across Kentucky.
The most active employers in Kentucky at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Messer Construction Co. (2). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. 3rd Shift Cell Operator - Portaband Weld - $22.64/hour figures were last recalculated when this page was built.