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Job Description

Overview

The job involves analyzing specifications, laying out material, setting up and operating welding equipment, and fitting and assembling parts to fabricate trailers. The company, Bass Cat & Yar-Craft Boats, is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing a discrimination-free workplace.

Responsibilities

  • Create quality welds according to specifications.
  • Inspect welds for accuracy.
  • Prepare product to be welded by grinding, drilling, milling, tapping, and cutting steel parts.
  • Responsible for the proper identifying and moving of all finished products to the proper location.
  • Ensure all equipment is properly set-up and used in a safe manner and that all safety devices are in use.
  • Operate fork lift, if required and trained.
  • Perform first piece inspections as well as all subsequent inspections as required by standards.
  • Monitor equipment and request maintenance when required.
  • Perform simple maintenance and repair as required.
  • Perform other duties, assignments, and responsibilities as needed.

Requirements

  • Experience with MiG welding.
  • Knowledge of plasma cutting.
  • Experience with oxygen/acetylene torch.
  • Ability to work in a non-climate-controlled environment.
  • Ability to bend at waist and knees and stand for extended periods of time.
  • Must be able to lift 50 pounds when necessary to move equipment around in the department.
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How this job compares in Midway, AR

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Arkansas currently run a median of $26/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $20–$30/hr across 24 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 Midway, AR

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Midway, 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. 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.

Similar openings near Midway, AR

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