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Overview

The Welder II position involves performing manual TIG welding of Stainless Steel and Aluminium in a high-quality medical device manufacturing environment. The role requires reading blueprints, operating welding equipment, and ensuring compliance with quality standards.

Responsibilities

  • Set-up and operate TIG welding equipment using prescribed methods and procedures.
  • Build weldments through manual layout and manual surface prep processes when required.
  • Read and interpret welding blueprints including standard welding symbols, travelers, and other work instruction documents.
  • Position parts to be joined using fixtures and other holding or positioning devices.
  • Use required measuring instruments and gages to check and ensure parts meet dimensional requirements.
  • Assist in problem solving activities.
  • Mentor and train Welder I.
  • Comply with all quality standards.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma or GED.
  • 2 - 3 years welding experience or 6 months as a Welder I with demonstrated proficiency.
  • 2 years of experience working in a solid metal fabrication / machining environment required.
  • Welding experience in flux core, MIG, stick, carbon steel preferred.
  • Able to use prescribed manual processes in TIG welding of stainless steel, mild steel, and aluminium.
  • Able to read and interpret welding blueprints, including all standard welding symbols.
  • Able to use precision measuring instruments and gages.
  • Strong math and troubleshooting proficiency and basic computer skills.
  • Basic welding inspection knowledge and conduct visual inspection.

Additional Information

  • Pay range for this opportunity is $24.70/hr - $26.56/hr.
  • This position is eligible for bonus participation.
  • Minimum pay rates offered will comply with county/city minimums, if higher than range listed.
  • STERIS offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits portfolio.
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How this job compares in Mentor, OH

Pay in context

At roughly $26/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $26/hr median for welding jobs across Ohio, whose middle half runs $23–$30/hr across 74 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 43% 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 Mentor, OH

Mentor, OH currently has 6 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 Ohio as a whole we're tracking 141 other active welding openings from 92 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Mentor, or widen the search to Ohio.

The most active employers in Ohio at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Aerotek (7), Staffmark (5), and Pro Mechanical Services (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 Ohio, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Columbus at $28/hr and Cincinnati at $28/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.

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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 II figures were last recalculated when this page was built.