Welder - Manufacturing
Location
Vaucluse, SC
Wage
$52,108 – $83,373/yr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on November 3, 2026
Location
Vaucluse, SC
Wage
$52,108 – $83,373/yr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on November 3, 2026
BAE Systems is seeking a Welder III to join the CMS Operations team within Platforms & Services. This role is critical in supporting manufacturing operations by producing high-quality components that meet defense specifications.
At roughly $33/hr, this posting sits about 25% above the $26/hr median for welding jobs across South Carolina — toward the top of a $23–$34/hr middle band drawn from 33 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 70% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.
This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Vaucluse, SC, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across South Carolina as a whole we're tracking 106 other active welding openings from 75 employers. Browse welding jobs across South Carolina.
BAE Systems currently has 3 other openings live in South Carolina, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.
The most active employers in South Carolina at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Recruiting Solutions (4), Kelso Industries (3), and Classic Collision (3). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Welder - Manufacturing figures were last recalculated when this page was built.