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Job Description

Overview

Become a Welder with the Department of Transportation, Westmoreland County Maintenance Organization and bring your hands-on skill to a mission that matters. You will contribute to strong, safe structures and dependable equipment that keep our roads moving.

Responsibilities

  • Prepare and fit various metals for welding by cleaning, heating, and shaping materials.
  • Perform welding and cutting tasks on bridges, vehicle bodies, engine parts, and related equipment.
  • Create and repair components for plow frames, blades, spreaders, and other transportation equipment.
  • Operate power and air tools including drills, saws, presses, and compressors to support welding and fabrication tasks.
  • Use motorized equipment such as forklifts, pick-up trucks, and bucket trucks during fabrication and welding assignments.
  • Maintain a safe work area and follow all safety rules, procedures, and reporting requirements.

Requirements

  • Three years of experience in the operation and use of welding equipment, materials, and related shop equipment to repair, maintain, or fabricate parts, equipment, or structures.
  • Completion of a three-year, high school Vo-Tech training program in welding and eighteen months of experience in the operation and use of welding equipment, materials, and related shop equipment.
  • Completion of an approved welder apprentice program.
  • A welding certificate D1.1 from the American Welding Society.
  • An equivalent combination of experience and training.
  • Possession of an active Pennsylvania Class C Driver's License.
  • Ability to perform essential job functions.

Additional Information

  • Full-time employment.
  • Work hours are 7:00 AM to 3:00 PM, Monday - Friday, with a 30-minute lunch.
  • You will not have the option to telework in this position.
  • In some cases, the starting salary may be non-negotiable.
  • Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for communication regarding this position.
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How this job compares in Westmoreland County, PA

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Pennsylvania currently run a median of $28/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $25–$35/hr across 130 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 Westmoreland County, PA

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Westmoreland County, 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 270 other active welding openings from 187 employers. Browse welding jobs across Pennsylvania.

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania currently has 3 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 Hanwha Philly Shipyard (8), TradeWorx (6), and JB Poindexter Company (6). 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 $36/hr and York at $27/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Certifications this posting mentions

  • AWS D1.1 — the American Welding Society's Structural Welding Code for steel. It governs almost all building and structural steel work in the US, so a D1.1 qualification is the baseline credential for construction and ironworking.

Read straight from this posting's text. Confirm the exact qualification the employer wants before you test — requirements vary by shop even under the same code.

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