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Overview

This position is for a TITLE 32 WELDER in the Michigan Army National Guard, requiring military membership. The role involves performing various welding tasks in support of maintenance activities at the Joint Forces Headquarters-State.

Responsibilities

  • Perform welding duties using electric, acetylene, and inert gas shielded welding processes.
  • Repair, modify, or fabricate metal items using templates, jigs, and blueprints.
  • Weld or reinforce heavy armor plate and perform precision welding on engineering and automotive equipment.
  • Braise dissimilar metals and flame cut metal to size for fabrication.
  • Utilize basic sheet metal tools to repair and fabricate equipment components.
  • Read and interpret blueprints and sketches, laying out and positioning work as needed.

Requirements

  • Membership in the Michigan Army National Guard is required.
  • Experience with various welding processes and techniques.
  • Ability to read and interpret blueprints and sketches.
  • Familiarity with basic sheet metal tools and equipment.
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How this job compares in Lansing, MI

Pay in context

At roughly $40/hr, this posting sits about 59% above the $25/hr median for welding jobs across Michigan — toward the top of a $22–$31/hr middle band drawn from 43 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 95% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Lansing, MI

Lansing, MI is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 2 employers. Across Michigan as a whole we're tracking 79 other active welding openings from 66 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Michigan.

The most active employers in Michigan at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Woodward, Inc. (3), Fabcon Precast (3), and Qualified Staffing (3). 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 Lansing, MI

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. TITLE 32 WELDER (MI SMO - CSMS) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.