Welder

Job Title: MIG Welder
Job Description

This role focuses on MIG welding, fabrication, and finishing steel storage and shipping containers in a high-volume production environment. You will work on first shift and use GMAW processes to fabricate, repair, and finish containers as they move through production on an automated conveyor system.

Responsibilities

• Perform MIG welding using the GMAW process, including stitch welding and full welding of components and assemblies in flat, vertical, and overhead positions.
• Fabricate and repair steel storage and shipping containers as they move through multiple production departments on an automated conveyor system.
• Read and interpret basic prints and blueprints to determine welding, fabrication, and assembly requirements.
• Lay out, position, align, and secure parts and assemblies prior to welding using straightedges, combination squares, calipers, rulers, and other measuring tools.
• Lay out and measure dimensions and reference lines on material according to drawings or templates using calculators, scribes, dividers, squares, and rulers.
• Use and recognize proper setup of basic hand and power tools common to the welding trade, including grinders, shears, hammers, punches, drills, and welding equipment.
• Monitor fitting, burning, and welding processes to prevent overheating, warping, shrinking, distortion, or expansion of materials.
• Operate manual or semi-automatic welding equipment to fuse metal segments using processes such as gas tungsten arc, gas metal arc, flux-cored arc, plasma arc, shielded metal arc, resistance welding, and submerged arc welding.
• Ignite torches or start power supplies and strike arcs by touching electrodes to metals being welded to complete electrical circuits safely and effectively.
• Clamp, hold, tack-weld, heat-bend, grind, or bolt component parts to prepare them for final welding or assembly.
• Drill and punch holes in metal for screws, bolts, and rivets to fabricate or alter parts as required.
• Fasten seams and joints together with welds, bolts, cement, rivets, solder, caulks, metal drive clips, and bonding materials to assemble products or repair sheet metal components.
• Trim, file, grind, deburr, buff, and smooth surfaces, seams, and joints of assembled parts using hand and portable power tools to achieve required finishes.
• Use oxy/acetylene and plasma cutting equipment when needed to support fabrication and repair work.
• Accurately read and use a tape measure to verify dimensions and ensure parts meet specifications.
• Maintain a clean, safe work area and follow all safety procedures and guidelines while working in a production welding environment.

Essential Skills

• Approximately 5 years of hands-on MIG welding experience in a production or fabrication environment.
• Proficiency in GMAW (MIG) welding, including stitch welding and full welds in flat, vertical, and overhead positions.
• Ability to pass an AWS 4G welding test.
• Ability to read and interpret basic prints and blueprints.
• Strong ability to read and use a tape measure accurately.
• Experience using basic hand tools and power tools such as grinders, shears, hammers, punches, and drills.
• Ability to recognize, set up, and operate hand and power tools common to the welding trade, including shielded metal arc and gas metal arc welding equipment.
• Ability to lay out, position, align, and secure parts and assemblies using standard measuring and layout tools.
• Experience monitoring welding processes to prevent overheating, warping, shrinking, distortion, or expansion of materials.
• Capability to operate manual or semi-automatic welding equipment using multiple welding processes, including gas metal arc and related methods.
• Strong attention to detail in trimming, grinding, deburring, and finishing welded assemblies.
• Ability to safely ignite torches and start welding power supplies and maintain proper welding techniques.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Knowledge of oxy/acetylene and plasma cutter operation.
• Experience working with steel fabrication, structural welding, and production welding.
• Experience reading and working directly from detailed blueprints in a production setting.
• Familiarity with drilling and punching holes in metal for screws, bolts, and rivets to fabricate or modify parts.
• Experience fastening seams and joints using welds, bolts, cement, rivets, solder, caulks, metal drive clips, and bonding agents.
• Ability to clamp, tack-weld, heat-bend, grind, or bolt component parts during assembly.
• Comfort working with various welding processes such as gas tungsten arc, flux-cored arc, plasma arc, shielded metal arc, resistance welding, and submerged arc welding.
• Strong mechanical aptitude and ability to work with automated conveyor-based production systems.

Why Work Here?

You join a growing organization that invests in long-term employee success and well-being. The company offers a competitive compensation package, including 401(k) with employer match, paid vacation and holidays, and comprehensive medical, dental, and group life insurance. You can earn a quarterly safety incentive bonus when goals are met, reflecting a strong focus on safe work practices. The organization emphasizes internal advancement, providing opportunities to grow your skills and progress in your career. A unique culture of appreciation is demonstrated through special perks such as birthday breakfasts with leadership, a turkey for Thanksgiving, and other thoughtful benefits that make employees feel valued.

Work Environment

This position is based in a production welding environment focused on steel container fabrication and repair. The facility is clean, well lit, and designed with safety as a priority. The work area is non-climate controlled but described as very comfortable for production welding activities. You will work on first shift, Monday through Friday, from 6:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., operating manual and semi-automatic welding equipment, hand tools, and power tools around an automated conveyor system that moves containers through multiple departments.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Cherry Hill, NJ.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $20.00 - $25.00/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)

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Cherry Hill,NJ.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on May 8, 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.

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