Job Description

Overview

Xylem is a Fortune 500 global water solutions company dedicated to advancing sustainable impact and empowering the people who make water work every day. The Fabricator is responsible for fitting, joining, and fabricating portable pumping units and accessories using appropriate measurement and welding techniques, as well as reworking finished products.

Responsibilities

  • Comply with XDS and OSHA safety standards, procedures, and regulations.
  • Move machinery and equipment using forklifts, cranes, hoists, dollies, and rollers.
  • Dismantle and assemble pumping units and accessories.
  • Perform MIG welding on mild steel components according to layouts, engineering drawings, work orders, or verbal instructions.
  • Weld pumps and engines together.
  • Perform assembly work and mechanic work.
  • Read blueprints and use tape measuring for accurate fabrication.
  • Inspect and correct welds as necessary to meet product specifications.
  • Align shafts using laser equipment.
  • Collaborate with co-workers to produce multi-component parts and large units.
  • Inspect equipment to maintain proper function.
  • Complete housekeeping duties in the assigned area daily or as required.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or equivalent.
  • Two to four years of experience in a production or job shop or Technical Center.
  • Welding background, with knowledge of MIG welding equipment and processes.
  • Supply own tools.
  • Knowledge of welding and fabrication of piping and structural steel assemblies.
  • Knowledge of assembling rotating equipment.
  • Ability to read and understand production assembly drawings, specifications, and welding symbols.
  • Ability to lay out prototypes without assembly drawings.
  • Ability to operate manual or semi-automated welding equipment.
  • Ability to use measurement and aligning tools and/or equipment.
  • Ability and willingness to follow directions and be a team player.
  • Ability to work independently when needed.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k
  • PTO

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO

How this job compares in Bridgeport, NJ

Pay in context

At roughly $26/hr, this posting comes in about 36% below the $40/hr median for welder fabricator jobs across New Jersey, where the middle half runs $38–$40/hr across 16 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 0% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.

The local market in Bridgeport, NJ

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Bridgeport, NJ, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across New Jersey as a whole we're tracking 124 other active welding openings from 74 employers. Browse welding jobs across New Jersey.

The most active employers in New Jersey at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Rhoads Industries (12), Gpac (10), and Department of the Navy - Agency Wide (7). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within New Jersey, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Camden at $41/hr, Northvale at $40/hr, and Newark at $35/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG. MIG (GMAW) feeds a continuous wire electrode through a shielding-gas nozzle. It lays down metal fast and is forgiving on clean material, which is why it dominates production and light fabrication work.

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