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Berner

Welder - 2nd Shift

Location

New Castle, PA

Wage

$38,765/yr

Employment Type

Full-time

Required Skills & Certifications

MIG Welding
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Posted on August 18, 2026

Job Description

Overview

Berner International is a family-owned business that has been manufacturing air curtains since 1956, focusing on energy savings and creating comfortable environments. The Welder position on the 2nd shift involves welding operations and fabrication tasks to ensure timely production of high-quality products.

Responsibilities

  • Process parts work orders
  • Complete fabrication and welding operations in a timely fashion to meet ship dates
  • Responsible for bending, punching, milling, rolling, and machinery setup
  • Operate CNC laser punch press
  • Perform some machine repair
  • Weld parts that meet acceptable quality standards
  • Maintain work area
  • Coordinate jobs between fabrication and welding departments
  • Assist other departments as needed

Requirements

  • Strong CNC laser and punch press experience
  • Ability to read protractor, micrometer, and calipers
  • Ability to read and interpret blueprints
  • Knowledge of production procedures
  • Knowledge of fabricating equipment and measuring tools
  • Knowledge of various metal gauges
  • Knowledge of welding and welding processes
  • MIG welding preferred
  • Must be able to use a tape measure
  • Must be able to read and interpret visual and written production procedures
  • Must successfully pass pre-employment screenings

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • 401k
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Location: New Castle, PA
  • Full-Time, Non-Exempt
  • 2nd shift (2:00pm – 10:00pm)
  • $1 Shift Differential

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in New Castle, PA

Pay in context

At roughly $19/hr, this posting comes in about 33% below the $28/hr median for welding jobs across Pennsylvania, where the middle half runs $23–$32/hr across 150 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 6% 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 New Castle, PA

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in New Castle, PA, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Pennsylvania as a whole we're tracking 230 other active welding openings from 149 employers. Browse welding jobs across Pennsylvania.

The most active employers in Pennsylvania at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Rhoads Industries (15), Aerotek (11), and Department of the Navy - Agency Wide (8). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Pennsylvania, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Philadelphia at $30/hr, York at $27/hr, and Lancaster 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. 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 - 2nd Shift figures were last recalculated when this page was built.