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We recruit around the actual equipment, processes, systems and responsibilities behind the title so strong candidates are not missed because another plant calls the job something different.
WELDING · FINISHING · ASSEMBLY RECRUITING
Manufacturing Skilled Trades Recruiter
Recruit manufacturing welders, painters, fabricators and assemblers for production, custom fabrication and industrial environments.
SEARCH BY THE WORK, NOT JUST THE TITLE
Select the fabrication, welding, finishing and assembly skills your production team needs.
Titles vary from plant to plant. Compass searches around the actual work: equipment, software, processes, materials, controls, tolerances, standards and the environment where the person will succeed.
Select as much or as little as you know. We will use your choices to build a more useful search.
BUILD YOUR MATCH
What are you looking for?
Select the skills and experience you want in your next hire.
Welding
Fabrication
Finishing
Assembly
Employer selections are sent into the Compass Talent Tool. Candidate selections stay attached to your search so a recruiter can see the skills you chose without exposing private client information.
WELDERS / PAINTERS / ASSEMBLERS SKILLS
The details matter in manufacturing.
These are common skills, systems and technologies Compass may use when sourcing and evaluating welders / painters / assemblers. The list is a starting point—not a requirement that one person have everything.
- MIG / GMAW
- TIG / GTAW
- Stick / SMAW
- Flux Core / FCAW
- Robotic Welding
- Aluminum Welding
- Stainless Welding
- Carbon Steel
- Blueprint Reading
- Fit-Up
- Layout
- Grinding
- Cutting
- Plasma Cutting
- Brake Press
- Shear
- Structural Fabrication
- Industrial Painting
- Powder Coating
- Wet Paint
- Surface Prep
- Sandblasting
- Masking
- Paint Booth
- Mechanical Assembly
- Electrical Assembly
- Hand Tools
- Power Tools
- Torque Specs
- Production Assembly
- Final Inspection
WHY COMPASS
A manufacturing search should start with understanding the work.
National manufacturing focus
Compass focuses on manufacturing roles across the United States—from skilled technical positions through engineering, quality, sales and plant leadership.
Use CompassLY to go deeper
The Talent Tool turns the role and skills you select here into search criteria so you can preview relevant talent before starting a full search.
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Need a Welder / Painter / Assembler?
Select the skills above and search Compass talent—or tell us what the role needs and let us recruit it.