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Job Description

Overview

KGBL designs and manufactures unapologetically modern, meticulously handcrafted furniture and objects in their Brooklyn workshop. They are seeking a skilled metal worker/welder to join their team, focusing on high-quality fabrication and finishing work primarily in non-ferrous metals.

Responsibilities

  • Fabricate and weld furniture components and structures in non-ferrous metals with related welding work in aluminum and steel.
  • Perform precision welding to a high cosmetic standard, not just structural.
  • Polish and finish metal surfaces — satin, brushed, and polished finishes across multiple metals.
  • Read and work from shop drawings and templates with tight tolerances.
  • Coordinate and assemble metal components with wood, glass, and stone elements.
  • Maintain a clean, organized, safe metal shop area.
  • Collaborate with the shop team on production timelines and sequencing.

Requirements

  • Experience welding non-ferrous metals with related welding work in aluminum and steel.
  • Background in fine furniture fabrication or sculpture — comfortable with craft-level standards, not just structural welding.
  • Strong metal finishing and polishing skills.
  • Ability to work precisely from drawings and templates.
  • Reliable, detail-oriented, and comfortable in a small shop environment.

Additional Information

  • Location: Brooklyn, NY workshop
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How this job compares in Brooklyn, NY

Pay in context

At roughly $30/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $33/hr median for welding jobs in Brooklyn, NY, whose middle half runs $29–$35/hr across 13 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 38% 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 Brooklyn, NY

We're tracking 29 other active welding openings in Brooklyn, NY right now, from 17 different employers. 7 of them were added in the last week. Across New York as a whole we're tracking 202 other active welding openings from 135 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Brooklyn, or widen the search to New York.

The most active employers in New York at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in New York, NY (17), Randstad USA (6), and GE Aerospace (5). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within New York, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are New York at $53/hr, Queens at $39/hr, and Brooklyn at $33/hr. Brooklyn is among them.

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