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Overview

Ferrara/KME are premiere manufacturers of fire trucks and emergency response vehicles, committed to safety, innovation, and quality. The Welder I position involves performing welds on components for custom vehicles, ensuring compliance with specifications and quality standards.

Responsibilities

  • Work from shop orders, specifications, prints and instructions.
  • Review material and product requirements; ensure that parts are cut and prepared as prescribed.
  • Set parts in assembly fixture, position, layout and clamp in place in specified orientation.
  • Select welding parameters per specified weld procedures.
  • Work in teams and follow work instructions to minimize unit distortion.
  • Fit, tack, and weld joints in specific locations with designated welding procedure specifications.
  • Manipulate large, heavy units as required for efficient welding operations.
  • Make visual and dimensional checks of work and document as required.
  • Notify supervisor of unusual equipment or operating problems.
  • Support training and orientation programs for new and transferring employees.

Requirements

  • Basic welding knowledge that includes experience or training in GMAW processes.
  • Knowledgeable in Lean Methodologies.
  • Ability to read and understand basic assembly prints and weld symbols.
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How this job compares in Holden, LA

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Louisiana currently run a median of $28/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $27–$35/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 Holden, LA

Holden, LA is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Louisiana as a whole we're tracking 137 other active welding openings from 80 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Louisiana.

The most active employers in Louisiana at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Worley (8), GrayWolf (7), and Gulf Island (7). 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.

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