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Overview

The Container Shop Welder at Republic Services is responsible for repairing, painting, and maintaining containers and roll-off boxes. This role requires expertise in welding and fabrication, ensuring safety and quality in all tasks performed.

Responsibilities

  • Performs repairs and maintenance on front, rear and roll-off containers.
  • Welds steel and aluminum components using MIG and ARC welding equipment.
  • Fabrics steel components using a brake and shear.
  • Cuts steel using a plasma cutter or torch.
  • Fabrics steel components for hoppers, containers and compactors.
  • Installs lids and wheels on containers.
  • Paints repaired containers.
  • Follows all safety policies and procedures.
  • Completes required paperwork.
  • Installs company and safety decals in accordance with company standard diagram on containers and roll-off boxes.
  • Performs other job-related duties as assigned.
  • Refers more complex repairs to the Supervisor.

Requirements

  • Certified welder.
  • Advanced knowledge of MIG and stick welders, plasma cutter, and airless paint sprayers.
  • Familiar with basic use of hand tools.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to follow directions with minimal supervisory involvement.
  • Minimum of 1 year welding experience or completion of a welding program.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • Short- and long-term disability
  • Life Insurance
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Employee discount programs
  • 401k
  • PTO

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
Short- and long-term disability
Life Insurance
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Employee discount programs
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Billings, MT

Pay in context

At roughly $22/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $24/hr median for welding jobs across Montana, whose middle half runs $19–$33/hr across 11 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 45% 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 Billings, MT

Billings, MT currently has 5 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 5 employers. 2 of them were added in the last week. Across Montana as a whole we're tracking 15 other active welding openings from 13 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Billings, or widen the search to Montana.

The most active employers in Montana at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are William M Kronmiller & Co., Inc. (2) and Spherion (2). 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 Stick 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. Stick (SMAW) burns a flux-coated consumable rod and needs no shielding gas, so it works in wind, rain, and on dirty or rusted steel. That tolerance for bad conditions keeps it the default for field, structural, and repair work.

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