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Overview

We are seeking an experienced and detail-oriented Structural Steel Welder to join our fabrication team. This role involves welding steel components for building structures and miscellaneous items based on specified drawings and weld symbols, ensuring high-quality welds while following all safety protocols.

Responsibilities

  • Weld structural steel parts as per drawings and marked-up weld symbols.
  • Maintain and obtain required welding certifications, ensuring compliance with AWS standards.
  • Achieve and maintain welder qualifications per AWS standards.
  • Conduct visual inspections of welded components to confirm quality and accuracy.
  • Safely operate overhead cranes, air arc tools, grinders, magnetic drills, and other welding-related equipment.
  • Communicate with team members to ensure quality control and completeness of work.
  • Follow all safety procedures and policies, ensuring work is done in a safe and secure manner.
  • Maintain cleanliness and organization in the work area, including trash and scrap removal and other production-related tasks.
  • Perform routine equipment maintenance as needed.

Requirements

  • Minimum of 2 years of experience in steel fabrication.
  • Experience operating overhead cranes.
  • 2G/3G welding certification preferred.
  • High School Diploma or GED required.
  • Applicant must pass a welding test and meet AWS qualification standards.
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How this job compares in Cocoa, FL

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Florida currently run a median of $25/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $22–$30/hr across 104 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 Cocoa, FL

Cocoa, FL currently has 5 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 4 employers. 1 of them was added in the last week. Across Florida as a whole we're tracking 223 other active welding openings from 140 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Cocoa, or widen the search to Florida.

Met-Con, Inc. currently has 2 other openings live in Florida, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Florida at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Miami, FL (16), Welding Shop in Tampa, FL (12), and Aerotek (7). 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 $31/hr, and Clearwater at $23/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Certifications this posting mentions

  • 3G / 4G — plate position tests — 3G is welded vertically, 4G overhead. Together they demonstrate you can hold a puddle against gravity, and they are the common entry qualifications for structural and production shops.

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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