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Overview

The Welder position involves journey-level welding, machining, and fabrication of metals and special alloys, focusing on maintaining and repairing vehicles and construction-related equipment. The role requires working under direct supervision and following standard procedures to accomplish assigned tasks.

Responsibilities

  • Uses plans, diagrams, blueprints, and work requests to determine project design.
  • Fabricates and modifies parts and equipment to satisfy work requests.
  • Determines metals needed, welding methods, and specifics of requested jobs.
  • Prepares and cleans surfaces and special parts for welding and machining.
  • Repairs heavy equipment and fabricates repair parts using various tools.
  • Familiar with torch cutting, plasma cutting, and welding safety standards.
  • Cleans, lubricates, and repairs tools and shop equipment.
  • Completes and maintains records and reports of materials, time, and costs.
  • Inventories and maintains supplies.
  • May instruct and/or supervise others in the use of welding and machine equipment.
  • Selects from multiple procedures and methods to accomplish tasks.
  • May oversee temporary or contract workers as needed.
  • May perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or General Equivalency Diploma (GED).
  • Up to three years of responsible journeyman-level experience in the welding trade.
  • American Welding Society Welding Certification.
  • Knowledge of the methods and standard practices of the welding and machinist trades.
  • Skill in the use of appropriate tools and equipment in a safe manner.
  • Skill in effective communication.
  • Ability to determine procedures or equipment needed to accomplish tasks.

Additional Information

  • Required physical, lifting, and sensory capabilities are necessary to perform the job.
  • Medium work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally.
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How this job compares in Atlanta, GA

Pay in context

At roughly $20/hr, this posting comes in about 30% below the $29/hr median for welding jobs in Atlanta, GA, where the middle half runs $22–$35/hr across 32 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 6% 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 Atlanta, GA

We're tracking 94 other active welding openings in Atlanta, GA right now, from 66 different employers. 32 of them were added in the last week. Across Georgia as a whole we're tracking 338 other active welding openings from 194 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Atlanta, or widen the search to Georgia.

City of Atlanta currently has 3 other openings live in Georgia, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Georgia at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Lockheed Martin (12), Southern Industrial Constructors, Inc. (10), and Classic Collision (9). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Georgia, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Marietta at $42/hr, Forest Park at $39/hr, and Atlanta at $29/hr. Atlanta is among them.

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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. Welder - OFS figures were last recalculated when this page was built.