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Overview

Vantage Elevation, LLC is seeking a motivated Production Worker (Probationary) to join their fabrication department as a painter. The position involves performing various interlock and assembly jobs in a fast-paced manufacturing environment while adhering to safety and quality standards.

Responsibilities

  • Work safely and comply with all environmental, health, and safety policies and procedures.
  • Proactively identify and report potential hazards for corrective action.
  • Operate machinery and perform machine set-up as required.
  • Monitor process parameters to ensure adherence to specifications.
  • Perform quality inspections using measuring tools.
  • Recommend preventative maintenance or repairs to maintain equipment reliability.
  • Adapt to changes in production priorities and meet hourly/daily targets.
  • Communicate effectively with team members and supervisors to maintain workflow.
  • Support a cohesive team environment and assist others as needed.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or GED.
  • Ability to read, write, and speak English fluently.
  • Minimum 1–2 years of experience in machine operation or manufacturing preferred.
  • Strong understanding of safety and quality standards.
  • Basic mechanical aptitude and willingness to learn multiple machines.
  • Must be able to lift over 50 pounds.
  • Frequent walking, standing, kneeling, and climbing during 8–10-hour shifts.
  • Good record-keeping and measurement skills.

Benefits

  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Full Time, Union
  • Day shifts, generally 7:00 AM - 3:30 PM
  • Based in the Bronx, NY (In-Person)

Benefits

PTO
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How this job compares in Bronx, NY

Pay in context

At roughly $17/hr, this posting comes in about 32% below the $25/hr median for manufacturing welder jobs across New York, where the middle half runs $22–$35/hr across 8 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 0% 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 Bronx, NY

Bronx, NY currently has 4 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 4 employers. 2 of them were added in the last week. Across New York as a whole we're tracking 202 other active welding openings from 136 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Bronx, or widen the search to New York.

Vantage Elevator Solutions currently has 1 other opening live in New York, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

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. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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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. Production Worker Probationary (Painter) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.