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Overview

We are searching for a reliable, deadline-driven MIG welder to join our team. The MIG welder's responsibilities include interpreting blueprints, selecting appropriate tools and metals, measuring and assembling metal pieces, using cutting tools, determining gas ratios, drilling holes, and monitoring inventory.

Responsibilities

  • Selecting, measuring, cutting, and joining appropriate metals to specifications.
  • Ability to MIG weld aluminum.
  • Preparing metals and work surfaces to ensure safe and effective assemblage.
  • Interpreting specifications and blueprints accurately.
  • Training welding apprentices and mentoring recruits.
  • Regularly cleaning and inspecting welding equipment and tools.
  • Determining correct gas ratios.
  • Testing the strength of each joint during and after project completion.
  • Diagnosing issues and troubleshooting as required.
  • Liaising with the supervisor, reporting any issues, and making suggestions for improvement.
  • Ability to operate a CNC machine.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or similar.
  • A relevant certificate from a welding association may be required.
  • Experience in ornamental welding (preferred).
  • Exceptional attention to detail.
  • Ability to remain calm and focused under pressure.
  • Understands and follows safety protocols.
  • Must be able to pass a drug test and background test if hired.
  • MIG welding: 2 years (Required)

Benefits

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

Additional Info

  • Ability to Commute: Portland, TN 37148 (Preferred)
  • Work Location: In person

Benefits

401k
Dental
Health Insurance
Life Insurance
PTO
Vision
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How this job compares in Portland, TN

Pay in context

At roughly $20/hr, this posting comes in about 23% below the $26/hr median for welding jobs across Tennessee, where the middle half runs $22–$30/hr across 32 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 9% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.

The local market in Portland, TN

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Portland, TN, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Tennessee as a whole we're tracking 85 other active welding openings from 61 employers. Browse welding jobs across Tennessee.

The most active employers in Tennessee at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Mueller Water Products (5), Welding Shop in Nashville, TN (4), and JLG Industries (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 MIG and Stick 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. Stick (SMAW) burns a flux-coated consumable rod and needs no shielding gas, so it works in wind, rain, and on dirty or rusted steel. That tolerance for bad conditions keeps it the default for field, structural, and repair work.

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