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Job Description

Overview

AP Fabrications LLC is a family-owned steel fabrication, industrial maintenance, and construction company based in Stuttgart, AR. We're hiring experienced fabricators for our Stuttgart shop.

Responsibilities

  • Shop fabrication of custom steel assemblies, structural steel, and process equipment
  • Blueprint reading and interpretation
  • Layout, fit-up, and tacking of weldments
  • Work to typical fab tolerances (plus/minus 1/16 inch standard)
  • Catch drawing errors or dimensional issues before they go to the welder
  • Collaborate with drafting on drawing questions

Requirements

  • 2+ years shop fabrication experience preferred
  • Strong blueprint reading, including structural and mechanical drawings
  • Proficient with tape, square, level, and layout tools
  • Basic MIG/TIG tacking capability
  • Understands welding symbols

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Full-time, Monday-Friday 7 AM-6 PM, occasional Saturdays, lots of overtime potential.
  • Work Location: In person

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
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How this job compares in Stuttgart, AR

Pay in context

At roughly $27/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $26/hr median for welding jobs across Arkansas, whose middle half runs $20–$30/hr across 23 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 57% 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 Stuttgart, AR

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Stuttgart, AR, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Arkansas as a whole we're tracking 42 other active welding openings from 35 employers. Browse welding jobs across Arkansas.

The most active employers in Arkansas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Aerotek (3), Systems, LLC. (3), and L&L Metal Fabrication (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 TIG 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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