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Job Description

Overview

Sistersville Tank Works, Inc., a family-owned custom metal fabrication company with locations in Sistersville and St. Marys, WV, is seeking experienced welders and fitters for full-time positions. Opportunities may include both shop and field work.

Responsibilities

  • Welders must have a minimum of two years of experience in GTAW, SMAW, GMAW, and FCAW welding.
  • Fitters must be proficient in reading and interpreting blueprints.
  • Applicants must pass a pre-employment drug screen and the applicable welding or fitting test.

Requirements

  • Minimum of two years of experience in welding for welders.
  • Working knowledge of blueprint reading for welders.
  • Proficiency in reading and interpreting blueprints for fitters.
  • Strong attention to detail for fitters.

Benefits

  • Dental
  • Health Insurance
  • Life Insurance
  • PTO
  • Retirement plan
  • Vision

Additional Information

  • Work Location: In person
  • Expected hours: 40.0 per week

Benefits

Dental
Health Insurance
Life Insurance
PTO
Retirement plan
Vision
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How this job compares in Sistersville, WV

Pay in context

At roughly $28/hr, this posting comes in about 19% below the $34/hr median for welding jobs across West Virginia, where the middle half runs $25–$39/hr across 9 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 33% 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 Sistersville, WV

Sistersville, WV is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across West Virginia as a whole we're tracking 22 other active welding openings from 19 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across West Virginia.

Sistersville Tank Works, Inc currently has 1 other opening live in West Virginia, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in West Virginia at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Jennmar (4). 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 Stick and Flux-Core 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. Flux-cored (FCAW) runs a hollow wire filled with flux, combining MIG-like deposition rates with the outdoor tolerance of stick. It is the workhorse on heavy structural steel and shipbuilding, where thick sections and long welds reward speed.

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