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gpac

Senior Fabricator Technician

Location

Northvale, NJ

Wage

$40 – $45/hr

Employment Type

Full-time

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Posted on August 28, 2026

Job Description

Overview

A growing food manufacturer is seeking an experienced Senior Fabricator Technician to support Engineering and Maintenance. This hands-on role involves independently managing stainless-steel fabrication projects from layout to installation.

Responsibilities

  • Fabricate, modify, install, and repair stainless-steel equipment, piping, tanks, conveyors, platforms, guarding, hoppers, and other components.
  • Perform high-quality TIG and MIG welding, including thin-gauge and sanitary stainless applications.
  • Lay out, cut, form, grind, polish, passivate, and finish stainless steel and other metals.
  • Read blueprints, weld symbols, P&IDs, schematics, and engineering drawings.
  • Build components from drawings and field measurements.
  • Support equipment installations, utility tie-ins, capital projects, and equipment upgrades.
  • Fabricate replacement parts to reduce equipment downtime.
  • Apply sanitary design standards using 304/316L stainless and food-grade materials.
  • Support troubleshooting, preventive maintenance, and continuous improvement.
  • Mentor less-experienced fabricators and maintenance technicians.

Requirements

  • 7+ years of hands-on welding and fabrication experience.
  • 3+ years in food, beverage, dairy, pharmaceutical, or another sanitary manufacturing environment.
  • Advanced TIG and MIG stainless-steel welding skills.
  • Experience with sanitary tubing, Tri-Clamp fittings, weld ferrules, and butt welds.
  • Strong stainless-steel layout, fabrication, grinding, polishing, and finishing skills.
  • Ability to independently complete fabrication projects.
  • Ability to read engineering drawings, weld symbols, and P&IDs.
  • Knowledge of sanitary design, GMPs, food safety, and CIP systems.
  • AWS D1.6 or ASME Section IX certification is a strong plus.
  • Orbital welding experience preferred.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance

Additional Information

  • Location: Bergen County, NJ
  • Compensation: $40-$45/hour
  • Schedule: Monday-Friday, 4:00 PM-1:30 AM
  • Occasional weekend or shutdown work may be required.

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How this job compares in Northvale, NJ

Pay in context

At roughly $43/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $40/hr median for welder fabricator jobs across New Jersey, whose middle half runs $35–$40/hr across 16 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 94% 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 Northvale, NJ

Northvale, NJ currently has 4 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 2 employers. 1 of them was added in the last week. Across New Jersey as a whole we're tracking 214 other active welding openings from 139 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Northvale, or widen the search to New Jersey.

gpac currently has 4 other openings live in New Jersey, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in New Jersey at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Rhoads Industries (13), Gpac (10), and Department of the Navy - Agency Wide (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 New Jersey, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Camden at $41/hr, Wayne at $39/hr, and Newark at $35/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG and TIG work. MIG (GMAW) feeds a continuous wire electrode through a shielding-gas nozzle. It lays down metal fast and is forgiving on clean material, which is why it dominates production and light fabrication work. TIG (GTAW) uses a non-consumable tungsten electrode with filler added by hand, giving the operator the most control of any process. It is slow, demanding, and the standard for stainless, aluminum, and anything where the bead has to look as good as it holds.

See all welder fabricator openings if you want to compare this against similar roles.

Certifications this posting mentions

  • ASME Section IX — the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code qualification. It covers welding on pressure-retaining equipment — boilers, vessels, and process piping — where a failed weld is a safety incident rather than a rework ticket.

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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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Senior Fabricator Technician figures were last recalculated when this page was built.