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Job Description

Overview

Netzer Metalworks is currently hiring brake operators to work in a climate-controlled facility. The position involves setting up and operating CNC and mechanical press brakes, interpreting blueprints, and performing various duties to maintain efficiency.

Responsibilities

  • Set up and operate CNC and mechanical press brakes.
  • Interpret blueprints.
  • Edit basic programs and document.
  • Perform other duties as assigned to maintain efficiency throughout the company.

Requirements

  • 5 years of experience recommended.
  • Ability to interpret engineering drawings is a plus.
  • Ability to use standard measuring tools.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • 401k
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Training available.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Essex, MD

Pay in context

At roughly $23/hr, this posting comes in about 19% below the $29/hr median for welding jobs across Maryland, where the middle half runs $28–$33/hr across 59 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 12% 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 Essex, MD

Essex, MD is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Maryland as a whole we're tracking 66 other active welding openings from 30 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Maryland.

The most active employers in Maryland at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Adecco (18), U.S. Coast Guard (7), and Better Engineering (6). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Brake Operator - Sheet Metal figures were last recalculated when this page was built.