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Overview

The Welder and Fabricator will read and interpret blueprints, lay out materials, fabricate components to specification, and weld assemblies for a wide range of custom projects in a dynamic fabrication job shop environment. This position is with Aerotek, a staffing and services solutions provider in various industries.

Responsibilities

  • Read and interpret blueprints and weld symbols accurately.
  • Lay out materials and fabricate components to specification.
  • Weld assemblies for a variety of custom projects.
  • Work with structural steel, miscellaneous metals, concrete forms, and ornamental iron.

Requirements

  • Proficiency in structural steel welding, especially using flux core welding.
  • Ability to read and interpret blueprints and weld symbols.
  • Experience operating overhead cranes safely in a steel fabrication environment.
  • Competence using air arc, grinders, magnetic drills, and other common fabrication tools.
  • Strong attention to detail and commitment to producing high-quality welds.
  • Good communication skills for effective teamwork.
  • Ability to work safely in a loud, heavy industrial setting.
  • Capability to maintain a clean and organized work area.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k
  • Life Insurance
  • Short and long-term disability
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • This is a Permanent position based out of York, PA.
  • First Shift: 6 am - 2:30 pm, Second Shift: 2:00 pm - 10:30 pm, overtime as needed.
  • This is a fully onsite position.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
Life Insurance
Short and long-term disability
PTO
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How this job compares in Fayfield, PA

Pay in context

At roughly $29/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $28/hr median for welding jobs across Pennsylvania, whose middle half runs $23–$32/hr across 150 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 57% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in Fayfield, PA

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Fayfield, 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 150 employers. Browse welding jobs across Pennsylvania.

Aerotek currently has 10 other openings 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 (10), 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 Flux-Core. Flux-cored (FCAW) runs a hollow wire filled with flux, combining MIG-like deposition rates with the outdoor tolerance of stick. It is the workhorse on heavy structural steel and shipbuilding, where thick sections and long welds reward speed.

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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 - 27-30/hr figures were last recalculated when this page was built.