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Overview

Local manufacturing company seeking a highly skilled and motivated Structural Welders to join their team on the day shift. In this role, you will be responsible for fabricating, welding, and assembling structural components with precision and efficiency.

Responsibilities

  • Interpret blueprints, schematics, and technical drawings to accurately fabricate and assemble structural components.
  • Perform MIG, TIG, FCAW, and welding techniques to carbon and stainless steel.
  • Use hand tools, power tools, plasma cutters, press brake machines, and machining equipment to shape and prepare materials for welding and assembly.
  • Read calipers, micrometers, and schematics to measure materials precisely and ensure adherence to specifications.
  • Conduct rigging, crane operation, pipe threading, soldering, and assembly tasks safely on construction sites or manufacturing floors.
  • Maintain a clean work environment by following safety protocols; inspect welds for quality assurance; document work progress through reports.
  • Collaborate with team members on fabrication projects involving mechanical systems and structural steel assembly.

Requirements

  • Proven experience working in manufacturing environments as a welder or fabricator.
  • Proficiency in MIG welding, TIG welding, FCAW, plasma cutting, and welding techniques.
  • Ability to read blueprints, schematics, and technical drawings accurately.
  • Familiarity with hand tools, power tools, press brake machines, machining equipment, and rigging operations.
  • Knowledge of ASME codes & standards related to welding and fabrication processes.
  • Mechanical aptitude with basic math skills for measurements and calculations.
  • Experience with crane operation, forklift handling, pipe threading, soldering, and assembly processes preferred.
  • Strong safety awareness; ability to follow safety procedures on construction sites or manufacturing floors.
  • Valid certifications in welding (such as AWS certification) are highly desirable; prior experience with construction or manufacturing projects is essential.
  • Pass full panel drug screen & background check.

Benefits

  • Dental
  • Health Insurance
  • Life Insurance
  • Vision

Additional Info

  • Monday-Friday / 6am-4:30pm / $22-28 BOE
  • Work Location: In person

Benefits

Dental
Health Insurance
Life Insurance
Vision
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How this job compares in Tulsa, OK

Pay in context

At roughly $25/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $27/hr median for welding jobs in Tulsa, OK, whose middle half runs $27–$30/hr across 13 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 23% 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 Tulsa, OK

We're tracking 35 other active welding openings in Tulsa, OK right now, from 21 different employers. 5 of them were added in the last week. Across Oklahoma as a whole we're tracking 110 other active welding openings from 65 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Tulsa, or widen the search to Oklahoma.

Prime Industrial Recruiters currently has 3 other openings live in Oklahoma, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Oklahoma at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Alfa Laval (7), Hayden Industrial (6), and Pro Mechanical Services (5). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Oklahoma, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Catoosa at $29/hr, Broken Arrow at $27/hr, and Tulsa at $27/hr. Tulsa is among them.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG, TIG, and Flux-Core 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.

See all structural welder openings if you want to compare this against similar roles.

Certifications this posting mentions

  • 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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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Structural Welder - Day Shift - $22+ BOE figures were last recalculated when this page was built.