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Job Description

Overview

Lennox, a leader in HVAC and refrigeration solutions, is seeking a Fire Watch/Welders Helper to assist certified welders. The role involves providing firewatch duties and supporting welding tasks while traveling throughout the U.S.

Responsibilities

  • Assist certified welders with daily welding tasks
  • Provide Firewatch duties for welders
  • Receive training and be capable of extinguishing fires
  • Learn safety policies and deploy proper safety equipment for welding duties
  • Become authorized and operate scissor lifts
  • Work closely with welders to ensure work performance is met

Requirements

  • Ability to work overtime
  • Willingness to travel 100% (Required)
  • High school diploma or an equivalent combination of education and experience
  • Valid driver's license (Required)
  • Pass a national background check

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Work location: On the road
  • Ability and willingness to travel frequently throughout the U.S.

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
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How this job compares in Fayette County, GA

Pay in context

At roughly $18/hr, this posting comes in about 36% below the $28/hr median for welding jobs across Georgia, where the middle half runs $21–$32/hr across 109 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 5% 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 Fayette County, GA

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Fayette County, GA, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Georgia as a whole we're tracking 246 other active welding openings from 162 employers. Browse welding jobs across Georgia.

Lennox currently has 2 other openings live in Georgia, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

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.

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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. Fire Watch - Welders Helper figures were last recalculated when this page was built.