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About Lake Air Products

Lake Air Products is a fast-growing contract manufacturer serving medical, aerospace & defense, industrial markets and more. We are committed to quality, performance, and building strong teams while proudly living by our Core Values: Customer Focus, Passion for Performance, and Right People – Best Teams.

Position Summary

We are looking for a 1st Shift Welder to join our Appleton, WI location.  If you have TIG/MIG experience and enjoy working with your hands, this could be a great position for you.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Lay out, position, and secure parts and assemblies according to specifications, using straightedge, combination square, calipers, and ruler

Observe tests on welded surfaces, such as hydrostatic, x-ray, and dimension tolerance

Develops templates or tooling and other work aids to hold and align parts.

Determines required equipment and welding methods, applying knowledge of metallurgy, geometry, and welding techniques.

Examining finished products and spare parts and comparing them with samples to check whether the specifications are met.

Inspects grooves, angles, or gap allowances, using measuring instruments

welding metal, such as fusing metal segments, using gas tungsten arc, metal arc, flux-cored arc, plasma arc, and other types of welding arcs

Qualifications

High School Diploma or equivalent

2+ years of experience in TIG, MIG, and Tack-weld (TIG welding preferred)

Excellent people skills, with an ability to partner with a dynamic leadership team

Personal qualities of integrity, credibility, and a commitment to the mission

Ability to weld components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions.

Lift objects up to 50 pounds throughout the day

Wear required personal protective equipment (PPE)

Reading blueprints and performing all necessary measurements

Lake Air Products Offers:

Competitive Pay

Full Benefits

401(k) Employer Match

Paid Time Off (PTO) and Holiday Pay

Gym Reimbursement

Tuition Reimbursement

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Join a company where your hard work, dedication, and growth matter. We look forward to meeting you!

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How this job compares in Appleton, WI

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Wisconsin currently run a median of $26/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $23–$30/hr across 104 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Appleton, WI

Appleton, WI is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Wisconsin as a whole we're tracking 172 other active welding openings from 113 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Wisconsin.

The most active employers in Wisconsin at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are QPS Employment Group (20), API Heat Transfer (5), and Wabash (5). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Wisconsin, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Marinette at $32/hr, Manitowoc at $30/hr, and Waukesha at $30/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG, TIG, and Flux-Core 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.

Similar openings near Appleton, WI

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