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Overview

Austin Engineering designs and manufactures customized haul truck bodies, buckets, water tanks, and other equipment for the mining industry. The company emphasizes engineering expertise, safety, quality, innovation, and teamwork, and invests in employee training and development.

Responsibilities

  • Lead, coach, and mentor welders and fabricators in production.
  • Plan ahead and stage parts for assembly to minimize downtime.
  • Work with the Supervisor to understand daily goals and coordinate assignments.
  • Monitor output and support team projects.
  • Help resolve workflow, design, material, equipment, safety, and personnel issues.
  • Test equipment operations and setups.
  • Train employees in safe equipment use and interpret prints and procedures.
  • Assist with incident reports, production reports, maintenance requests, and daily timesheet updates.
  • Follow and enforce company policies and safety guidelines.
  • Regularly lift and/or move up to 60 pounds.
  • Perform tasks such as grinding, welding, and moving parts.

Requirements

  • Experience leading welders and/or fabricators in a production shop environment.
  • Experience with flux-cored arc welding (FCAW) and gas metal arc welding (GMAW).
  • Three to five years of combined experience or a minimum of two years at Austin.
  • Ability to read and interpret safety rules, instructions, and engineering drawings.
  • Proficient in using whole numbers, fractions, decimals, rates, ratios, and percentages.
  • Ability to solve practical production problems and assign work appropriately.
  • Demonstrate sound judgment, planning, problem-solving, teamwork, and respectful leadership.

Additional Information

  • Day Shift: Monday to Thursday - 6am to 4:30pm; Fridays - 6am to 2pm.

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How this job compares in Mills, WY

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Wyoming currently run a median of $33/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $26–$34/hr across 18 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 Mills, WY

Mills, WY is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Wyoming as a whole we're tracking 31 other active welding openings from 22 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Wyoming.

Austin Engineering - STREAMLINE currently has 1 other opening live in Wyoming, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Wyoming at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Loenbro (3), WSG Energy Services (3), and Joy Global Surface Mining (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 Flux-Core. Flux-cored (FCAW) runs a hollow wire filled with flux, combining MIG-like deposition rates with the outdoor tolerance of stick. It is the workhorse on heavy structural steel and shipbuilding, where thick sections and long welds reward speed.

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