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Overview

Welcome to Ryerson, a leading provider of industrial metal products and services since 1842. As a Welder at Norlen, part of the Ryerson family of companies, you will apply welding and fabricating processes to metal while ensuring quality and customer standards are met.

Responsibilities

  • Apply appropriate welding and assembling applications in a fabrication environment and process metals such as carbon steel, stainless steel, and aluminum.
  • Work according to layouts, work orders, and blueprints using MIG and TIG welding equipment.
  • Lay out and mark weld points on parts or sub-assemblies and position pieces to be welded into jigs and fixtures using measuring instruments and hand tools.
  • Inspect completed work for conformance to specifications.
  • Observe all standard safety practices and maintain and complete all required records.
  • Work in a safe manner using prescribed safety equipment including PPE.
  • Perform all other duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • Successfully pass a skills-based assessment evaluating reading, math, inspections & measurement, attention to detail, and problem-solving skills.
  • Minimum 3 years experience in a steel or industrial manufacturing setting preferred.
  • Extensive MIG welding experience; TIG welding experience preferred.
  • Forklift and overhead crane experience.
  • Physical ability to pass physical requirements exam for vision, hearing, and mobility.
  • Successful candidates will be enrolled in a registered apprenticeship program as part of their onboarding.
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How this job compares in Schofield, WI

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Wisconsin currently run a median of $26/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $23–$29/hr across 79 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Schofield, WI

Schofield, WI currently has 3 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 2 employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Wisconsin as a whole we're tracking 141 other active welding openings from 91 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Schofield, or widen the search to Wisconsin.

The most active employers in Wisconsin at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are QPS Employment Group (15), Wabash (6), and Generac (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 and TIG 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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