Job Description

Overview

This role is for a TIG Welder at a manufacturing company specializing in the prototype fabrication of pressure vessels made from stainless steel, aluminum, and titanium. The company emphasizes hands-on training and adherence to recognized welding standards.

Responsibilities

  • Weld stainless steel, aluminum and titanium pressure vessels and structural parts to print using TIG.
  • Build prototypes and carry them through welding, brazing and hardware installation.
  • Braze with an oxy-acetylene torch and assemble electromechanical parts using hand tools.
  • Produce welds that satisfy the specifications required for AWS certification.
  • Verify tank accuracy and integrity using gages and measuring tools.
  • Run TIG welders, metal shear, press brake, plasma arc, turntables, rotary machines and torches.
  • Take part in Lean manufacturing and continuous improvement efforts.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma or equivalent.
  • Minimum 3 years of TIG welding experience.
  • Experience reading blueprints.

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation
  • 401k
  • Health Insurance
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Onsite role
  • Company matching opportunity for retirement savings
  • Health and wellness benefits, plus a $350 annual wellness allowance
  • Up to 5 weeks of paid time off
  • On-the-job training and education assistance

Benefits

Competitive compensation
401k
Health Insurance
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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