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Overview

This is a job shop welding and fabrication position focused on custom, one-off and short-run sheet metal and structural components. The role requires an experienced Welder/Fabricator who can work independently, reading prints and fitting parts from start to finish.

Responsibilities

  • MIG welding (GMAW) carbon steel
  • Read and interpret prints
  • Fit parts together
  • Work through jobs with minimal supervision

Requirements

  • Experience in welding and fabrication
  • Ability to read prints
  • Skill in fitting parts
  • Capability to work independently

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How this job compares in College Park, GA

Pay in context

At roughly $25/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $26/hr median for welder fabricator jobs across Georgia, whose middle half runs $24–$30/hr across 8 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 38% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in College Park, GA

College Park, GA is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Georgia as a whole we're tracking 246 other active welding openings from 161 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Georgia.

The most active employers in Georgia at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Mullins Mechanical (6), Aerotek (5), and Gerber Collision & Glass (5). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Georgia, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Atlanta at $29/hr, Lithia Springs at $29/hr, and Marietta at $24/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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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Welder/Fabricator MIG/TIG figures were last recalculated when this page was built.