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Overview

Mueller Water Products, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of flow control devices for the water and gas distribution industries, committed to ensuring clean drinking water reaches millions of people. The Weld Specialist Weekend Shift position involves various welding and fabrication activities in the Kimball, TN facility.

Responsibilities

  • Fabricate, fit, and weld components.
  • Interpret blueprints and associated AWS weld symbols accurately.
  • Lift, position, and remove work pieces from machines to assist in fitting and welding.
  • Weld components in flat, vertical, horizontal, and overhead positions as required.
  • Lead or assist in layout activities.
  • Clean, grind, and prepare material for fabrication, welding, painting, or shipping.
  • Monitor assigned machinery, tools, and equipment while performing routine cleaning and maintenance.
  • Follow quality standards using typical industrial gauging methods.
  • Operate forklifts and overhead cranes with approved rigging methods as directed.
  • Perform assembly and paint-related duties as production demands.
  • Maintain continuity among work shifts by documenting actions and communicating issues.
  • Maintain appropriate operational documentation, including production and quality logs.
  • Keep work area and department clean and organized.
  • Adhere to safety guidelines and flag any equipment or safety issues.

Requirements

  • Strong personal commitment to safety standards in industrial and/or manufacturing environments.
  • Ability to pass periodic weld testing.
  • Proficient in MIG, TIG, and SMAW weld processes.
  • Ability to read and interpret blueprints and fabricate from those prints.
  • Able to weld similar and dissimilar materials.
  • Able to distinguish correct filler wire required for specialty metals.
  • Proficient in using cutting torch, plasma cutter, grinders, and iron worker.
  • Familiarity with basic tools of measuring for inspection of parts.
  • Knowledge of welding principles and techniques.
  • Organized and detail-oriented.
  • May require nuclear welding certification for nuclear products.
  • Overhead crane and rigging experience.
  • 10+ years welding experience in an industrial and/or manufacturing environment or 2+ years welding experience with Mueller products.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Weekend shift position.
  • Location: Kimball, TN.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Kimball, TN

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Tennessee currently run a median of $29/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $22–$32/hr across 28 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 Kimball, TN

Kimball, TN is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Tennessee as a whole we're tracking 71 other active welding openings from 55 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Tennessee.

Mueller Water Products currently has 3 other openings live in Tennessee, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Tennessee at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Staffmark (3), Mueller Water Products (3), and Welding Shop in Nashville, TN (3). 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, TIG, 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. 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. Weld Specialist Weekend Shift figures were last recalculated when this page was built.