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Overview

KLOVER is a commercial carpentry subcontractor and manufacturer of prefabricated wall panel systems, seeking a Commercial Structural Joist Technician to install various structural flooring systems. The role requires familiarity with tools, blueprints, and the ability to work at heights while maintaining safety standards.

Responsibilities

  • Accurately measure and read dimensions with a tape measure.
  • Assist foreman with proper layout for work.
  • Fabricate or alter parts using various tools.
  • Join materials with PAFs, nails, screws, staples, or adhesives.
  • Use levels and other tools to ensure installations are secure.
  • Check work to meet specifications and quality standards.
  • Install and use rigging and hoisting equipment.
  • Install flooring systems according to specifications and building codes.
  • Maneuver units into position for installation and anchor them.
  • Perform welds using stick processes (optional).
  • Work at heights on elevated platforms.
  • Maintain a clean and productive work area.
  • Exercise proper use of PPE.
  • Set up and safely use company equipment.
  • Maintain welding certification through logs and observation.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma or GED.
  • Participation in a secondary or post-secondary trade curriculum.
  • 1+ year experience with floor joist, metal deck, or structural steel installation.
  • Knowledge of construction safety devices and PPE.
  • 1+ year experience with stick welding (optional certifications preferred).
  • Rigging and Signaling experience is a plus.
  • Basic carpentry knowledge.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • Worksites within a 70-mile radius of Quakertown, PA.
  • Full-time position with a Monday through Friday schedule.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
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How this job compares in Philadelphia, PA

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Philadelphia, PA currently run a median of $30/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $30–$34/hr across 12 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 Philadelphia, PA

We're tracking 26 other active welding openings in Philadelphia, PA right now, from 16 different employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Pennsylvania as a whole we're tracking 230 other active welding openings from 150 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Philadelphia, or widen the search to Pennsylvania.

KLOVER currently has 1 other opening live in Pennsylvania, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

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. Philadelphia is among them.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for Stick. Stick (SMAW) burns a flux-coated consumable rod and needs no shielding gas, so it works in wind, rain, and on dirty or rusted steel. That tolerance for bad conditions keeps it the default for field, structural, and repair work.

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

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