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Job Description

Overview

We are seeking an experienced Driver/Sheet Metal Deck Installer/Welder to join our team. This role involves the safe installation of sheet metal decking on steel framing and performing shear stud installation.

Responsibilities

  • Lay and attach metal decking on steel structures
  • Operate hand, power, pneumatic, and powder-actuated tools safely and effectively
  • Maintain tools and equipment in proper working conditions
  • Accurately report time and attendance using technology
  • Comply with OSHA, customer, and company safety standards

Requirements

  • 100% nationwide travel required
  • Strong work ethic and a positive attitude
  • Experience working with hand, power, pneumatic, and powder-actuated tools
  • Must be comfortable working outdoors in varying weather conditions
  • Bilingual (English/Spanish) is a plus
  • Ability to stand and walk, use hands to handle and grip equipment and tools, reach with hands and arms, climb and balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, talk and hear, and lift more than seventy-five pounds (75 lbs.)
  • Preferred Certifications: OSHA 10-Hour Construction Safety Certification, Welding Certification, Aerial Lift Certification

Benefits

  • Per Diem
  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Full-time, hourly, working daytime shift only
  • Projects typically last 2-3 months each but some last much longer
  • Work hours are based on jobsite requirements and may vary slightly due to seasonal and weather conditions
  • We have sites in VA, MD, OH, TN, GA, NC, SC, and many more

Benefits

Per Diem
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Charleston, WV

Pay in context

At roughly $25/hr, this posting comes in about 26% 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 22% 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 Charleston, WV

Charleston, 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 18 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. 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.

Similar openings near Charleston, WV

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Sheet Metal Decking Installer/Back-up Driver figures were last recalculated when this page was built.