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Job Description

Overview

A well-established Kansas City manufacturer is seeking a career-minded individual for a position as a Welder/Fabricator. The company specializes in custom sheet metal fabrication for the food processing and wastewater treatment industries.

Requirements

  • Mig welding experience
  • Ability to multi-task
  • Dependable
  • Ability to read a tape measure
  • Experience using basic power tools
  • Must be able to lift up to 40 lbs
  • Ability to adapt
  • Forklift driving ability is a plus
  • Blueprint reading is a big plus

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Shift hours: 7am-3:30pm or 8am-4:30pm
  • Welders start at $20 - $27 per hour depending on experience with a 90 Day Review/Raise

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
401k
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How this job compares in Kansas City, MO

Pay in context

At roughly $24/hr, this posting comes in about 10% below the $26/hr median for welder fabricator jobs across Missouri, where the middle half runs $22–$28/hr across 10 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 40% 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 Kansas City, MO

Kansas City, MO currently has 5 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 3 employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Missouri as a whole we're tracking 78 other active welding openings from 57 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Kansas City, or widen the search to Missouri.

Welding Shop in Kansas City, MO currently has 2 other openings live in Missouri, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Missouri at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Leonardo DRS (5), Bass Pro Shops (3), and Hendrickson (3). 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.

See all welder fabricator openings if you want to compare this against similar roles.

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