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Gpac

Welder

Location

Tappan, NY

Wage

$72,800 – $93,600/yr

Employment Type

Full-time

Required Skills & Certifications

MIG WeldingTIG Welding
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Posted on September 8, 2026

Job Description

Overview

A growing food manufacturing client in Bergen County, New Jersey is seeking an experienced Senior Fabricator/Welder to become the facility’s go-to expert for stainless-steel fabrication and sanitary welding. This role involves taking projects from concept through fabrication to installation and final turnover.

Responsibilities

  • Fabricate, modify, install, and repair stainless-steel equipment and components.
  • Build platforms, guarding, hoppers, chutes, tables, tanks, piping, conveyors, and processing equipment.
  • Perform high-quality TIG and MIG welding, including thin-gauge and sanitary applications.
  • Lay out, cut, form, grind, polish, passivate, and finish stainless steel.
  • Read blueprints, weld symbols, schematics, P&IDs, and engineering drawings.
  • Support equipment installations, relocations, utility tie-ins, and capital improvement projects.
  • Fabricate replacement parts in-house to reduce downtime and long OEM lead times.
  • Follow sanitary design, GMP, food-safety, LOTO, hot-work, and OSHA requirements.
  • Mentor junior fabricators and maintenance technicians.

Requirements

  • 7+ years of hands-on fabrication and welding experience.
  • At least 3 years within food, beverage, dairy, pharmaceutical, or another sanitary manufacturing environment.
  • Strong TIG and MIG stainless-steel welding skills.
  • Experience with sanitary piping, Tri-Clamp fittings, 304/316L stainless steel, or CIP systems.
  • Ability to independently complete projects from layout through installation.
  • Welding certification, trade school, or apprenticeship training is preferred.
  • AWS D1.6, ASME Section IX, or orbital welding experience is a plus.

Benefits

  • Competitive Compensation
  • Benefits

Additional Information

  • Stable Monday–Friday schedule.
  • Occasional weekend or shutdown support may be required based on plant needs.

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How this job compares in Tappan, NY

Pay in context

At roughly $40/hr, this posting sits about 33% above the $30/hr median for welding jobs across New York — toward the top of a $26–$37/hr middle band drawn from 95 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 79% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Tappan, NY

Tappan, NY is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across New York as a whole we're tracking 149 other active welding openings from 94 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across New York.

Gpac currently has 4 other openings 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 (18), Randstad USA (6), and Veterans Health Administration (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, Brooklyn at $30/hr, and Latham at $24/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.

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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