Welder

Gerdau; Winnipeg; On-site; CAD 24,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and dental benefits

Life and accidental life insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Gerdau is seeking a Welder for their Winnipeg facility. The role involves performing MIG welding and fabrication, ensuring safety and quality standards are met. Ideal candidates should have 1-2 years of welding experience and the ability to interpret blueprints. Benefits include health/dental coverage, disability insurance, and company contributions to RRSPs. Join Gerdau to contribute to a culture built on trust and teamwork, where your skills and contributions are valued.

Qualifications

• Ability to interpret engineering drawings and manufacturing processes.
• Capable of using gauges to check weld quality.
• Works under minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

• Perform MIG production welding and fabrication.
• Read and interpret blueprints or welding process specifications.
• Follow safety policies and maintain clean work area.

Skills

MIG Welding

Blueprint Reading

Equipment Setup

Education

Minimum 1-2 years experience as a welder

Skilled training on welding

Tools

Welding Equipment

Measuring Instruments

Job description

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Date: May 7, 2026

Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, CA, R2C 3B2

At Gerdau, we empower our people to grow, thrive, and make a difference—together. With a culture built on trust and teamwork, we offer meaningful work, continuous development, and opportunities to shape your future. We invite you to come work with us, where your contributions are valued, your voice is heard, and your career is forged with purpose

Why you'll love it here

Do you love welding and fabrication? Are you a team player and want to learn and grow with us at our downstream location? Join us on our path to cultural and digital transformation to build the future.

About Gerdau

Gerdau is a leader in mini-mill steel production and steel recycling in North America, with an annual manufacturing capacity of approximately 10 million metric tons of mill finished steel products. Through a vertically integrated network of mini-mills, scrap recycling facilities and downstream operations, the company serves customers throughout the U.S. and Canada, offering a diverse and balanced product mix of merchant steel, rebar, structural shapes, fabricated steel, flat rolled steel and wire rod. Gerdau is the largest recycler in the world. Each year, we transform millions of tons of scrap into steel that is used to build the future.

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Job summary

Reporting to the location's Supervisor, your focus will be to perform a wide variety of MIG production welding and fabrication at our facility while ensuring production goals are achieved without compromising safety, quality or efficiency. Our ideal candidate will champion a culture of safety and continuous improvement.

Our ideal candidate will be able to

• Work one of the following shifts with a starting hourly rate of $24.03:
  • 8 hour shift:
    • Days 7:00 am - 3:30 pm
    • Afternoons: 3:30 pm - 12:00 am
  • 10 hour shift:
    • Days 6:00 am - 4:30 pm
    • Evenings 4:30 pm - 3:00 am
  • 12 hour shift:
    • Friday - Sunday: Days 7:00 am- 8:00 pm (paid 1 hour break which includes coffee breaks too)
• Provide us with a criminal background check by uploading it in "attachment documents" when uploading resume or at time of interview
• Work in a fast-paced manufacturing environment with extremely hot materials while wearing required Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

Primary duties and responsibilities

• Read and interpret blueprints or welding process specifications
• Operate MIG welding equipment to fuse metal segments using MIG processes
• Set up parts, weld machine parameters according to blueprint and work specifications
• Work with other equipment and power tools as needed
• Follow setup and inspection procedures
• Adhere to company safety policies and procedures and maintain clean and safe work area
• May perform other duties as supervisor deems necessary

Education / experience requirements

• Minimum 1-2 years of working experience as a welder
• Skilled training courses on welding can be considered as an alternative for experience
• Ability to interpret and understand engineering drawings (blueprints) and manufacturing processes
• Ability to set up welding equipment on your own
• Capable of using measuring instruments, gauges, etc to check weld quality and parts
• Able to work under minimal supervision

Gerdau offers excellent benefits including

• HSA provided for health and dental benefits
• Short and long term disability
• Life and accidental life insurance
• Company contributions towards RRSP
• Employee Assistance Program

Gerdau believes in equal employment opportunity related to all employees and applicants for employment. It is the policy of Gerdau that there will be no discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, marital status, sex, age, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity, veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. All external applicants must be legally eligible to immediately work in the country of hire without current or future sponsorship.

If you are vision‑impaired or have some other disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act / Accessible Canada Act or a similar law, and you wish to discuss potential accommodations related to applying for employment at Gerdau, please contact our Talent Acquisition Team at (866)-788-2798 or [e-mail]