Job Description

Overview

This role is for a Welder at a manufacturing company specializing in pressure vessels made from stainless steel, aluminum, and titanium. The position involves TIG welding, brazing, and assembly of various components, with competitive pay and benefits.

Responsibilities

  • Produce TIG welds on stainless steel, aluminum, and titanium pressure vessels and structural components according to print.
  • Braze parts using an oxy-acetylene torch.
  • Install hardware and carry out electromechanical assembly with hand tools.
  • Deliver welds that meet the specifications required for AWS certification.
  • Inspect tanks for accuracy and integrity with gages and measuring tools.
  • Run TIG welders, metal shears, press brakes, plasma arc equipment, turn tables, rotary machines, and torches.
  • Take part in Lean manufacturing and continuous improvement efforts.
  • Finish all required training and follow safety rules, including PPE requirements.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma or equivalent.
  • Ability to pass the weld test for Mil-Std-1595 / AWS D17.1 certification.
  • Minimum 3 years of TIG welding experience.
  • Experience reading blueprints.

Benefits

  • Health and wellness benefits
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Onsite role

Benefits

Health and wellness benefits
PTO

How this job compares in Stow, OH

Pay in context

At roughly $26/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $27/hr median for welding jobs across Ohio, whose middle half runs $24–$30/hr across 48 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 44% 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 Stow, OH

Stow, OH is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Ohio as a whole we're tracking 104 other active welding openings from 68 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Ohio.

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

The most active employers in Ohio at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are TP Mechanical (8), Welding Shop in Columbus, OH (4), and Component Repair Technologies (4). 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 TIG. 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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