Job Description

Job Title: MIG Welder

Job Description

This role focuses on performing high-quality MIG welding and basic fabrication on carbon steel components in a modern, large-scale manufacturing environment. You will interpret mechanical drawings and weld symbols, carry out precise quality checks, and help ensure products meet exact specifications. The position also involves collaborating with other welders, mentoring less experienced team members, and contributing to continuous improvement in weld quality and efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Interpret mechanical and engineering drawings, including weld symbols, to understand job requirements and specifications.
• Perform MIG welding on carbon steel parts and assemblies in accordance with mechanical drawings and work instructions.
• Carry out basic fit-up of products to mechanical drawings with assistance when needed to ensure correct alignment and dimensions.
• Complete welding of small products independently with no intervention, ensuring consistent quality and accuracy.
• Coordinate with other welders during the fabrication of larger or more complex products to maintain workflow and quality standards.
• Perform quality checks using appropriate gauges such as calipers and dial indicators to verify dimensions and tolerances.
• Design and build simple jigs and fixtures for multiple-piece tasks or as needed to improve efficiency and repeatability.
• Use hand and power tools, including grinders and related equipment, to prepare, weld, and finish parts as required.
• Mentor entry-level welders on welding techniques, safe work practices, and quality control standards.
• Read and use tape measures accurately to within 1/16 inch to lay out, measure, and verify parts.
• Apply basic math skills to calculate measurements, convert decimals to fractions and vice versa, and confirm part dimensions.
• Follow all safety procedures and maintain a clean, organized work area.
• Lift, move, and position materials and components, frequently handling loads up to 100 pounds as part of daily duties.

Essential Skills

• Over 2 years of MIG welding experience, preferably 2–3 years, working with carbon steel.
• Proficiency in MIG welding on carbon steel components, including structural and mild steel applications.
• Ability to read and interpret blueprints, mechanical drawings, work instructions, and engineering drawings, including weld symbols.
• Experience with basic fit-up and fabrication of welded assemblies.
• Competence using measurement tools such as tape measures, calipers, and dial indicators.
• Ability to read a tape measure accurately to within 1/16 inch.
• Basic math skills, including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
• Ability to convert decimals to fractions and fractions to decimals.
• High school diploma or GED equivalent.
• Post–high school welding certification or related technical training.
• Physical ability to stand, walk, crouch, kneel, reach with hands and arms, and frequently lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.
• Ownership of required personal hand tools for welding and fabrication tasks.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Experience with hand fabrication of metal components and structures.
• Experience in robotic welding operations or willingness to work around robotic welding systems.
• Familiarity with TIG welding, flux core welding, stick welding, and arc welding processes.
• Experience working with structural steel, sheet metal, mild steel, and carbon steel in a production environment.
• Ability to perform grinding and finishing operations safely and efficiently.
• Comfort working with wire feed welding equipment and related shop tools.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to producing high-quality welds.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with a team and communicate clearly on the shop floor.
• Interest in mentoring and supporting less experienced welders.

Why Work Here?

Join a long-established, family-owned organization with more than a century of manufacturing heritage and a strong commitment to its people. The company offers a long-term opportunity with a clear path to direct employment, along with a culture that celebrates employees through holiday cookouts and company-sponsored lunches. You can earn attractive attendance-based bonuses, including a $1,000 bonus after 60 days and an additional $1,000 after 120 days with no attendance points. Once hired directly, you receive medical and vision insurance starting on your first day, a 401(k) plan with a company match up to 3.5% when you contribute 6%, and profit sharing tied to company performance. Tuition reimbursement supports your ongoing professional development, and the availability of overtime provides the chance to significantly increase your earnings while contributing to high-impact projects for major distribution customers.

Work Environment

Work in a 750,000 square foot, state-of-the-art manufacturing facility dedicated to conveyance solutions for the e-commerce and small parcel distribution market. The environment features advanced technologies such as solid modeling design software, CAD/CAM processes, CNC laser cutting, CNC press brakes, CNC turret punches, CNC sawing, CNC mills, and robotic welding systems. The culture emphasizes product quality, on-time delivery, responsive customer service, and continuous cost improvement, with a strong focus on developing employees as the organization’s greatest asset. You will regularly stand, walk, crouch, kneel, reach with your hands and arms, and frequently lift and move up to 100 pounds while working with hand and power tools, welding equipment, and fabrication machinery. The facility operates as a modern, production-focused shop environment where safety, professionalism, and teamwork are central to daily operations, and weld shields, gloves, and sleeves are provided to support safe and appropriate work attire.

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Port Clinton, OH.

The pay range for this position is $20.00 - $39.80/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:
• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

This is a fully onsite position in Port Clinton,OH.

This position is anticipated to close on May 27, 2026.

About Aerotek

We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry – from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies’ construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow.

Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance:
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, for all positions located in the city and county of San Francisco, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Massachusetts Lie Detector:
It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI):
We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.

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