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Overview

Mountain State Auto Auction is an auto auction. As a Mechanic Frame Checker, you’ll inspect and verify vehicle frames and fabricated components against technical drawings and specifications, helping to identify fit and quality issues before assembly or further work.

Responsibilities

  • Inspect frames and metal materials using calipers, micrometers, and other measuring instruments.
  • Read blueprints, schematics, and technical drawings; interpret mechanical blueprints and verify dimensions.
  • Support fabrication, mechanical fabrication, metal fabrication, sheet metal fabrication, and assembly tasks.
  • Use hand and power tools, and equipment such as cranes, forklifts, plasma cutters, and press brake machines, as assigned.
  • Follow safety protocols and applicable American Welding Society (AWS) standards and American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) codes and standards.

Requirements

  • Mechanical knowledge, blueprint reading, interpreting technical drawings, basic math, shop math, and careful use of measuring instruments.
  • Fabrication shop or construction site experience; familiarity with metal materials, sheet metal, ductwork, pipe threading, and machining.
  • Welding experience, including gas metal arc welding (GMAW), flux-cored arc welding (FCAW), shielded metal arc welding (SMAW), and tungsten inert gas (TIG) welding is preferred.
  • Rigging and experience operating fabrication equipment is preferred.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Work Location: In person

Benefits

401k
Dental
Health Insurance
Life Insurance
PTO
Retirement plan
Vision
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How this job compares in Shinnston, WV

Pay in context

At roughly $13/hr, this posting comes in about 62% below the $34/hr median for welding jobs across West Virginia, where the middle half runs $28–$39/hr across 9 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 0% 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 Shinnston, WV

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Shinnston, WV, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across West Virginia as a whole we're tracking 22 other active welding openings from 18 employers. Browse welding jobs across West Virginia.

The most active employers in West Virginia at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Jennmar (4) and Sistersville Tank Works, 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, TIG, Stick, 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.

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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