Job Description

Overview

JLG, an Oshkosh Company, is a global leader in the access market, providing innovative solutions and quality equipment since 1969. The Welder position involves operating welding equipment to fabricate high-quality parts and ensures adherence to safety and quality standards.

Responsibilities

  • Pass and maintain certification through the Welder Qualification Test.
  • Operate overhead cranes to safely position parts for welding.
  • Adjust machine settings for proper weld configurations.
  • Clean finished welds using tools such as grinders, wire wheels, and needle guns.
  • Heat, form, and weld metal parts in various positions.
  • Use measuring tools accurately to ensure specification compliance.
  • Read and interpret blueprints and follow work instructions.
  • Assemble and weld metal components with precision.
  • Position and secure parts correctly prior to welding.
  • Cross-train and work across production areas as needed.
  • Maintain attention to detail to meet quality standards.
  • Adhere to all safety, cleanliness, and 6S procedures.
  • Work effectively both independently and in a team environment.
  • Maintain regular and reliable attendance.

Requirements

  • Ability to wear a standard welding helmet for extended periods.
  • Ability and willingness to work overtime as needed.
  • Welding certification from an accredited institution.
  • 1+ year of welding experience in a manufacturing environment.

Additional Info

  • This position is based in a manufacturing or production environment.
  • May involve exposure to loud noise, dust, moving machinery, or temperature fluctuations.
  • Role may require standing for extended periods, repetitive motions, and lifting/carrying up to 35 pounds.

How this job compares in Jefferson City, TN

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Tennessee currently run a median of $29/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $25–$31/hr across 20 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 Jefferson City, TN

Jefferson City, TN currently has 3 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 2 employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Tennessee as a whole we're tracking 66 other active welding openings from 47 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Jefferson City, or widen the search to Tennessee.

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

The most active employers in Tennessee at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Mueller Water Products (5), Staffmark (3), and Welding Shop in Nashville, TN (3). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Similar openings near Jefferson City, TN

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Welder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.