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Overview

Matern Staffing is hiring a MIG Welder for a global manufacturer of automation systems for the plastics industry in Fredericksburg, VA. In this hands-on manufacturing role, you’ll fabricate and repair metal components using MIG welding equipment while working from blueprints and technical specifications.

Responsibilities

  • Read blueprints, technical drawings, and specifications to determine dimensions and material requirements
  • Set up and operate MIG welding equipment, including adjusting wire feed speed, voltage, amperage, and gas flow
  • Prepare metal for welding by cleaning, cutting, grinding, deburring, and positioning workpieces
  • Weld and fabricate metal components according to specifications
  • Inspect finished welds for proper fusion, structural integrity, cracks, porosity, and other quality issues
  • Use shop tools and equipment safely throughout the fabrication process
  • Follow workplace safety procedures and wear required protective equipment

Requirements

  • High school diploma or equivalent
  • Formal welding training, an apprenticeship, or 1–2 years of hands-on welding experience
  • Ability to read and work from blueprints and technical specifications
  • Working knowledge of MIG welding equipment, gas ratios, and welding settings
  • Experience using common fabrication and shop tools
  • Good hand-eye coordination and stamina for hands-on fabrication work
  • Ability to lift and handle heavy metal materials

Additional Information

  • 1st shift hours are 6am-3pm M-Th; 6am-10am on Friday
  • Location: Fredericksburg, VA

Compensation

  • $20/hr
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How this job compares in Fredericksburg, VA

Pay in context

At roughly $20/hr, this posting comes in about 35% below the $31/hr median for welding jobs across Virginia, where the middle half runs $25–$41/hr across 94 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 5% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.

The local market in Fredericksburg, VA

Fredericksburg, VA is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 2 employers. Across Virginia as a whole we're tracking 163 other active welding openings from 83 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Virginia.

Matern Staffing currently has 1 other opening live in Virginia, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Virginia at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Innovative Refrigeration Systems, Inc. (14), General Dynamics NASSCO (10), and Atlantic Constructors, Inc. (8). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Virginia, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Newport News at $40/hr, Norfolk at $30/hr, and Chesapeake at $27/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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.

See all MIG welder openings if you want to compare this against similar roles.

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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. MIG Welder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.