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Job Description

Overview

Wastequip Steel Division has an immediate opportunity for a Welder to support our Brookhaven, MS manufacturing operation. The ideal candidate will be a MIG Welder with prior experience in a manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

  • Positions parts in jigs or fixtures on bench or floor, or clamps parts together along layout marks.
  • Welds along vertical, horizontal, and overhead weld lines.
  • Connects regulator valves to oxygen and fuel gas cylinders for cutting torch, lights torch, and adjusts gas mixture and pressure.
  • Examines weld for bead size and other specifications.
  • Scarfs or grooves welds and parts.
  • Chips or grinds off excess weld, slag, or splatter.
  • Regularly stands, walks, reaches, stoops, lifts, climbs or balances, kneels, crouches, or crawls.
  • Regularly lifts and/or moves up to 25 lbs., frequently lifts and/or moves up to 50 lbs., and occasionally lifts and/or moves 90 lbs.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or GED.
  • One to six months of related experience and/or training preferred.
  • Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
  • Knowledge of basic math, tape measure reading, fractions & decimals.
  • Ability to understand and carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.
  • Ability to read blueprints and measuring tape.
  • Experienced in a fast-paced production environment preferred.
  • Able to pass all EHS required tests and clearances.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Location: Brookhaven, MS

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Brookhaven, MS

Pay in context

At roughly $19/hr, this posting comes in about 45% below the $34/hr median for welding jobs across Mississippi, where the middle half runs $28–$39/hr across 40 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 3% 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 Brookhaven, MS

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Brookhaven, MS, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Mississippi as a whole we're tracking 93 other active welding openings from 52 employers. Browse welding jobs across Mississippi.

The most active employers in Mississippi at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are HII (13), TIC - The Industrial Company (12), and Ingalls Shipbuilding, a Division of HII (5). 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. 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.

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