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Overview

At Wabash, Welders play a crucial role in the manufacture of carbon, stainless steel, and aluminum products and subassemblies, expected to produce high-quality work while upholding production standards. The position requires passing qualification weld tests and potentially attending in-house weld school for those who do not initially qualify.

Responsibilities

  • Own and help improve performance in Safety, Quality, and Delivery
  • Perform MIG and/or TIG welding on carbon steel, aluminum, and stainless steel to meet quality standards
  • Read engineering prints and weld symbols, and follow specifications
  • Conduct basic operator preventative maintenance for welding equipment
  • Maneuver in tight and small spaces
  • Work at heights of 15-20 ft.
  • Assist in different departments as assigned by the supervisor or team leader
  • Wear approved personal protective equipment
  • Complete assigned duties in accordance with safety policies and practices

Requirements

  • Must be able to pass a pre-employment drug screen
  • Must pass weld tests associated with the product line prior to welding in production
  • Must pass respirator fit test
  • Basic reading, writing, math, and verbal skills
  • Capable of following and understanding engineering prints, specifications, and instructions

Benefits

  • PTO
  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k

Benefits

PTO
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
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How this job compares in Lafayette, IN

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Indiana currently run a median of $27/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $25–$29/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 Lafayette, IN

Lafayette, IN is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 2 employers. Across Indiana as a whole we're tracking 64 other active welding openings from 50 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Indiana.

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

The most active employers in Indiana at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Core & Main (3), Contract Industrial Tooling (C-I-T) (3), and TEAM, Inc. (2). 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 and TIG work. 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. 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. 1st shift, Welder I, LNPB1 10HR Rear Frames figures were last recalculated when this page was built.