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Overview

NABRICO Marine Products is searching for a Safety Oriented Lead Fitter/Welder in their Caruthersville, Missouri barge manufacturing plant. The role involves laying out, positioning, aligning, and fitting together fabricated metal parts in preparation for welding, along with inspecting tack-welds for conformance to specifications.

Responsibilities

  • Read blueprints or other specifications
  • May operate overhead crane
  • Measure to specifications
  • Identify parts for assembly in proper order
  • Cut and wash with torch (Oxy Fuel)
  • Tack weld pieces together

Requirements

  • Minimum of 4 years of structural fitter experience
  • Ability to work with a tape measure and determine center point
  • Able to perform basic math calculations using fractions; carpenter's math
  • Proficiency in reading and understanding blueprints
  • All Fitters have to pass a tack welding test; six-part practical test using an oxy-fuel cutting torch
  • Must be able to climb ladders or stairs to reach objects; comfortable with heights
  • May require working in narrow or confined work spaces for extended periods of time
  • May require extensive kneeling, bending, walking and/or standing for long periods of time
  • Must be able to perform fitting and welding work while wearing all required personal protective equipment

Additional Information

  • Night Shift
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How this job compares in Caruthersville, MO

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Missouri currently run a median of $26/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $23–$31/hr across 51 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 Caruthersville, MO

Caruthersville, MO is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Missouri as a whole we're tracking 88 other active welding openings from 64 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Missouri.

NABRICO Marine Products currently has 2 other openings live in Missouri, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Missouri at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Leonardo DRS (5), Veterans Health Administration (4), and QPS Employment Group (4). 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 TIG. 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. Fitter Welder_Lead - Cover Building - Night Shift figures were last recalculated when this page was built.