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Job Description

Overview

Nucor Towers and Structures (NTS) is a new entity within Nucor, focused on the growth potential in the power distribution market. The Fitter Welder plays a vital role within the facility's production team, responsible for welding structural steel components and ensuring high-quality production.

Responsibilities

  • Welding structural steel components in accordance with drawings and specifications.
  • Safely producing high-quality products that meet customer expectations.
  • Maintaining a clean and organized work area.
  • Obtaining and maintaining all required welding certifications.
  • Performing visual inspections to ensure structural components are welded correctly and meet quality standards.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma or GED
  • 6 Months of Welding experience or equivalent Welding Training
  • Manufacturing/production environment experience
  • Experience with reading different measuring devices: tape measure, gauges, micrometers
  • Ability to read and understand blueprints
  • Ability to operate a crane (Standard Overhead Crane)
  • Ability to operate a forklift
  • Mig Flux core welding experience

Additional Information

  • Candidates must be willing to work weekends and holidays as business needs require.
  • Safety is the most important part of all jobs within Nucor.
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How this job compares in Decatur, AL

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Alabama currently run a median of $27/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $24–$34/hr across 25 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 Decatur, AL

Decatur, AL 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 Alabama as a whole we're tracking 72 other active welding openings from 52 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Decatur, or widen the search to Alabama.

The most active employers in Alabama at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Austal USA (5), Staffmark (5), and BlueScope Buildings North America, Inc. (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 MIG and Flux-Core 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. Flux-cored (FCAW) runs a hollow wire filled with flux, combining MIG-like deposition rates with the outdoor tolerance of stick. It is the workhorse on heavy structural steel and shipbuilding, where thick sections and long welds reward speed.

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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. NTSAL Fitter Welder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.