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Overview

Willcox Matthews is recruiting a Welder to join a well-established precision manufacturing business in Greenville, South Carolina. This is an excellent opportunity for a skilled Welder looking to develop their technical abilities, work with quality materials, and build a long-term career within a professional manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

  • Perform high-quality welding on stainless steel components and pipework.
  • Produce accurate, consistent welds in accordance with engineering specifications.
  • Prepare materials and equipment for welding operations.
  • Inspect completed welds to ensure quality and compliance with required standards.
  • Follow established safety procedures and maintain a clean, organized work environment.
  • Work collaboratively with the manufacturing team to meet production and quality targets.

Requirements

  • Experience in TIG (GTAW), pipe welding, or stainless steel fabrication is highly desirable.
  • Knowledge of welding techniques, materials, and quality standards.
  • Ability to produce strong, consistent welds with excellent attention to detail.
  • Experience with 6G welding positions would be a significant advantage.
  • Familiarity with ASME welding standards is beneficial.
  • A strong commitment to workplace safety and quality.
  • Recent welding school graduates are encouraged to apply, provided they have the practical skills required.

Additional Information

  • Location: Greenville, SC 29615
  • Shift: 2nd Shift
  • Employment: Full-time, permanent
  • Industry: Precision Manufacturing / Metal Fabrication
  • Career Development: Opportunity to develop your welding skills and progress within the business.
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How this job compares in Greenville, SC

Pay in context

At roughly $27/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $26/hr median for welding jobs across South Carolina, whose middle half runs $23–$32/hr across 29 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 59% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in Greenville, SC

Greenville, SC currently has 7 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 7 employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across South Carolina as a whole we're tracking 102 other active welding openings from 70 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Greenville, or widen the search to South Carolina.

The most active employers in South Carolina at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are BAE Systems (4), Recruiting Solutions (4), and Parker Hannifin (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 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.

Certifications this posting mentions

  • 6G — a pipe test welded on a joint fixed at a 45-degree incline. Because the torch has to travel through flat, vertical, and overhead angles in a single pass, passing 6G qualifies you for every position on pipe — which is why it is the ticket that separates pipe welders from plate welders on pay.
  • ASME Section IX — the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code qualification. It covers welding on pressure-retaining equipment — boilers, vessels, and process piping — where a failed weld is a safety incident rather than a rework ticket.

Read straight from this posting's text. Confirm the exact qualification the employer wants before you test — requirements vary by shop even under the same code.

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