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Overview

Buffalo Biodiesel Inc. is in growth mode and currently seeking MIG Welder/Fabricators to join their team at the Tonawanda Processing Plant. This role involves making, repairing, and maintaining carbon steel collection dumpsters using MIG welding techniques.

Responsibilities

  • Make, repair, and maintain carbon steel collection dumpsters.
  • Perform additional work as needed including making parts, painting, shearing, cutting, and bending.

Requirements

  • Must have a minimum of 1 year MIG welding experience or be a recent BOCES welding graduate.
  • Must possess exceptional welding skills and the ability to work independently.
  • Hard working and reliable.
  • Drug free.
  • Able to lift 75lbs.
  • High school or equivalent education required.
  • 1 year of welding experience required.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • 1st shift: Monday to Friday 7:00am to 4:00pm.
  • Work location is in person.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
Life Insurance
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Tonawanda, NY

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across New York currently run a median of $30/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $25–$39/hr across 100 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Tonawanda, NY

Tonawanda, NY currently has 5 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 4 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 110 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Tonawanda, or widen the search to New York.

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. 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.

See all MIG welder openings if you want to compare this against similar roles.

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