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Overview

This is an opportunity to obtain a dynamic and rewarding career at the Philips Latham, New York site where magnetic resonance imaging magnets are manufactured. The role involves completing high-quality TIG and MIG welds and fabricating intricate assemblies for cryogenic applications.

Responsibilities

  • Completing high quality TIG and MIG welds and using precision instruments.
  • Cutting, bending, drilling, tapping, and similar operations to fabricate intricate assemblies.
  • Reading and understanding drawings and supporting documents.

Requirements

  • 1+ years of welding experience and experience using mechanical assembly tools.
  • High school diploma or equivalent.
  • Ability to create high quality TIG and MIG welds and perform excellent vacuum leak tight TIG welds on aluminum.
  • Experience operating bridge cranes and forklift trucks.
  • Ability to read and write to follow documentation assembly procedures and sign off documentation.

Benefits

  • PTO
  • 401k
  • Health Insurance

Additional Information

  • This is an onsite role on 2nd shift working Monday-Friday 3:20pm-11:30pm.
  • US work authorization is a precondition of employment.
  • Company relocation benefits will not be provided for this position.
  • Candidates must reside in or within commuting distance to Latham, NY.

Benefits

PTO
401k
Health Insurance
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How this job compares in Latham, NY

Pay in context

At roughly $24/hr, this posting comes in about 22% below the $30/hr median for welding jobs across New York, where the middle half runs $25–$39/hr across 99 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 Latham, NY

Latham, NY currently has 5 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 3 employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across New York as a whole we're tracking 156 other active welding openings from 111 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Latham, or widen the search to New York.

Philips currently has 3 other openings live in New York, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in New York at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in New York, NY (15), Veterans Health Administration (4), and Collins Aerospace (4). 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 York, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are New York at $54/hr, Brooklyn at $33/hr, and Rochester at $25/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG and TIG work. 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. TIG (GTAW) uses a non-consumable tungsten electrode with filler added by hand, giving the operator the most control of any process. It is slow, demanding, and the standard for stainless, aluminum, and anything where the bead has to look as good as it holds.

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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 - 2nd Shift figures were last recalculated when this page was built.