Fabrication Welder

Location

Columbia, TN

Wage

$22 – $30/hr

Employment Type

Full-time

Required Skills & Certifications

MIG WeldingTIG WeldingStick WeldingFlux-Core Welding
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Posted on November 5, 2026

Job Description

Immediate openings for Fabrication Welders with a minimum of 3 years experience. Must have the ability to weld all steels and alloys and be prficient with MIG, Flux Core, Stick, and minimum TIG knowledge. The Structural Steel and Platework fabricators and fitters must be able to fabricate, assemble, fit and install steel and metal components, apply knowledge of trigonometry, stock allowances for thickness, machine and welding shrinkage, and physical properties to develop and plan a sequence of operations according to job orders, verbal instructions, and blueprints. Candidates must possess the ability to operate fabricating machines including plasma cutters, brakes, rolls, shears, and drill presses.

salary: $22 - $30 per hour shift: First work hours: 6:30 AM - 3 PM education: High School

Responsibilities

The Structural Steel and Platework fabricators and fitters must be able to fabricate, assemble, fit and install steel and metal components, apply knowledge of trigonometry, stock allowances for thickness, machine and welding shrinkage, and physical properties to develop and plan a sequence of operations according to job orders, verbal instructions, and blueprints. • Candidates must possess the ability to operate fabricating machines including plasma cutters, brakes, rolls, shears, and drill presses.

Candidates must be flexible with overtime and scheduling.

The essential functions of this role include:

• working in a smoke free environment • wearing steel toe shoes • working in a non-temperature controlled environment • manual lifting up to 50lbs • standing for 8 hours at one time Skills • Fabrication • Mig • Tig • Spot • Fit • Stick • Coordination Qualifications • Years of experience: 3 years • Experience level: Experienced Randstad is a world leader in matching great people with great companies. Our experienced agents will listen carefully to your employment needs and then work diligently to match your skills and qualifications to the right job and company. Whether you're looking for temporary, temporary-to-permanent or permanent opportunities, no one works harder for you than Randstad.

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At Randstad, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact HRsupport@randstadusa.com.

Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).

This posting is open for thirty (30) days.

Benefits

401k
Dental
Vision

How this job compares in Columbia, TN

Pay in context

At roughly $26/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $25/hr median for welding jobs across Tennessee, whose middle half runs $21–$30/hr across 31 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 58% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in Columbia, TN

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Columbia, TN, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Tennessee as a whole we're tracking 84 other active welding openings from 62 employers. Browse welding jobs across Tennessee.

Randstad USA currently has 1 other opening live in Tennessee, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Tennessee at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Mueller Water Products (5), Welding Shop in Nashville, TN (4), and JLG Industries (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, 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.

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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Fabrication Welder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.