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Job Description

Overview

This is an excellent opportunity for a TIG Welder to join a growing organization in Biddeford, Maine, offering a stable 1st shift position with plenty of overtime and opportunities for training and career progression.

Responsibilities

  • Carry out TIG welding and fabrication work.
  • Interpret drawings and prepare materials.
  • Ensure finished work meets required quality standards.
  • Work as part of a small, experienced team.

Requirements

  • TIG welding experience.
  • Able to read blueprints and weld symbols.
  • Fabrication or weld finishing experience.
  • Looking for overtime, training, and progression.

Benefits

  • 401k
  • Health Insurance
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Monday-Friday, 1st shift.
  • Plenty of overtime available.
  • Commutable from Saco, Kennebunk, Old Orchard Beach, Scarborough, Portland, Sanford, Wells & Lyman.

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
PTO
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How this job compares in Biddeford, ME

Pay in context

At roughly $31/hr, this posting sits about 19% above the $26/hr median for welding jobs across Maine — toward the top of a $26–$35/hr middle band drawn from 8 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 75% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Biddeford, ME

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Biddeford, ME, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Maine as a whole we're tracking 11 other active welding openings from 7 employers. Browse welding jobs across Maine.

The most active employers in Maine at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Collins Aerospace (3), Westmor Industries (2), and Textron (2). 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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