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Job Description

Overview

Refuse Equipment Services is seeking motivated welders, both entry-level and experienced, to work on repairing and welding trash compactors and waste containers in a fast-paced shop environment.

Responsibilities

  • Perform welding and structural repairs on trash compactors and containers
  • Assist with fabrication and modifications as needed
  • Maintain a safe and clean work area
  • Follow instructions and meet production deadlines

Requirements

  • Welding experience (entry-level candidates welcome)
  • Ability to work full-time
  • Must be legally authorized to work in the United States
  • Reliable, hardworking, and willing to learn

Benefits

  • Competitive hourly pay based on experience
  • Steady, full-time work
  • Opportunity to grow within the company

How to Apply

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Benefits

Competitive hourly pay based on experience
Steady, full-time work
Opportunity to grow within the company
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How this job compares in Opa Locka, FL

Pay in context

At roughly $23/hr, this posting comes in about 10% below the $25/hr median for welding jobs across Florida, where the middle half runs $22–$30/hr across 115 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 31% 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 Opa Locka, FL

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Opa Locka, FL, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Florida as a whole we're tracking 222 other active welding openings from 150 employers. Browse welding jobs across Florida.

The most active employers in Florida at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Miami, FL (14), Welding Shop in Tampa, FL (9), and Aerotek (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 Florida, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Tampa at $36/hr, Jacksonville at $30/hr, and Cocoa at $24/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Opa Locka, FL

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Experienced Welder – Trash Compactors & Containers (Full time) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.