Welder

Job Title: MIG Welder

Job Description

This role focuses on MIG welding, fabrication, and finishing of steel storage and shipping containers in a high-volume production environment. You will work on first shift and perform hands-on welding and fabrication tasks as containers move through an automated conveyor system, ensuring high-quality, structurally sound products.

Responsibilities

• Perform MIG welding (GMAW) on steel components and assemblies in flat, vertical, and overhead positions.
• Stitch weld and full weld components and assemblies according to specifications and quality standards.
• Fabricate, repair, and finish steel storage and shipping containers as they move through multiple production departments.
• Read and interpret basic blueprints, drawings, and prints to determine weld locations, dimensions, and assembly requirements.
• Lay out, position, align, and secure parts and assemblies using straightedges, combination squares, calipers, rulers, and other measuring tools.
• Lay out and measure dimensions and reference lines on materials, such as roofing panels, using calculators, scribes, dividers, squares, and rulers.
• Use and maintain basic hand tools and equipment, including grinders, shears, hammers, punches, drills, and other portable power tools.
• Drill and punch holes in metal for screws, bolts, and rivets to fabricate or modify parts and assemblies.
• Fasten seams and joints with welds, bolts, cement, rivets, solder, caulks, metal drive clips, and bonding materials to assemble or repair sheet metal components.
• Trim, file, grind, deburr, buff, and smooth surfaces, seams, and joints of assembled parts to meet finish and quality requirements.
• Monitor fitting, burning, and welding processes to prevent overheating, warping, shrinking, distortion, or expansion of materials.
• Ignite torches or start power supplies and strike arcs by touching electrodes to metals, completing electrical circuits safely and efficiently.
• Clamp, hold, tack-weld, heat-bend, grind, or bolt component parts into position prior to final welding and assembly.
• Recognize, set up, and operate hand and power tools common to the welding trade, including shielded metal arc and gas metal arc welding equipment.
• 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.
• Work collaboratively within the production team to ensure containers move efficiently through an automated conveyor system while meeting production targets and quality standards.
• Follow all safety procedures and guidelines while handling welding equipment, cutting tools, and materials.

Essential Skills

• Approximately 5 years of hands-on welding experience in a production or fabrication environment.
• Proficiency in MIG welding (GMAW) on steel in flat, vertical, and overhead positions.
• Ability to pass an AWS 4G welding test.
• Ability to read and work directly from basic blueprints and prints.
• Ability to accurately read a tape measure and use standard measuring tools such as rulers, squares, calipers, and straightedges.
• Experience using basic hand tools, grinders, shears, hammers, punches, and drills in a fabrication setting.
• Ability to monitor welding and fitting processes to avoid overheating, warping, or distortion of materials.
• Experience recognizing, setting up, and operating welding equipment, including gas metal arc and shielded metal arc welding machines.
• Ability to lay out, position, align, and secure parts and assemblies prior to welding.
• Experience drilling and punching holes in metal for fasteners and assembly.
• Skill in trimming, filing, grinding, deburring, buffing, and smoothing welded and assembled parts.
• Ability to safely ignite torches, start power supplies, and strike welding arcs.
• Experience operating manual or semi-automatic welding equipment for multiple welding processes, including gas tungsten arc, gas metal arc, flux-cored arc, plasma arc, shielded metal arc, resistance welding, and submerged arc welding.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Knowledge of oxy/acetylene equipment and plasma cutter operation is a plus.
• Experience working with steel fabrication and structural welding.
• Familiarity with production welding environments and automated conveyor systems.
• Ability to fasten seams and joints using a variety of methods such as welds, bolts, cement, rivets, solder, caulks, and metal drive clips.
• Experience working from drawings, templates, and detailed layout instructions.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to producing high-quality, structurally sound welds and assemblies.

Why Work Here?

You join a stable, growing organization that invests in its people and recognizes their contributions. The company offers a competitive compensation package, including a 401(k) plan 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 safety and performance. The organization emphasizes employee advancement and long-term growth, and it celebrates employees with unique perks such as a birthday breakfast with the CEO, a turkey for Thanksgiving, and other special benefits that create a supportive and appreciative workplace culture.

Work Environment

This is a full-time production welding role on first shift, working Monday through Friday from 6:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. You work in a manufacturing environment focused on production welding and steel fabrication, where steel storage and shipping containers move through an automated conveyor system. The work is hands-on and physically active, involving welding, cutting, grinding, and finishing tasks using MIG welding equipment, various welding processes, hand tools, and power tools. The environment prioritizes safety and efficiency while maintaining steady production flow.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Mt Holly, 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 Mt Holly,NJ.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Apr 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.

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