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Overview

The Blacksmith position involves performing blacksmith work under direction, including building, maintaining, and repairing equipment in both field and shop settings. The role requires expertise in forging, welding, and supervising personnel while maintaining records related to equipment maintenance and repairs.

Responsibilities

  • Perform blacksmith work in building, maintaining, and repairing equipment.
  • Forge and shape angle irons, bridle irons, tools, and automobile parts.
  • Weld iron components and similar pieces of equipment.
  • Repair existing metal structures, fencing, play equipment, vehicles, and other equipment as needed.
  • Perform duties manually or using a power hammer.
  • Supervise assigned personnel.
  • Maintain records and produce reports pertaining to equipment maintenance, repairs, and materials.

Requirements

  • Five years of full-time experience as a blacksmith within the last fifteen years.
  • Two and a half years of experience plus sufficient experience as a blacksmith's helper or apprentice to equal five years.
  • Education and/or experience equivalent to the above.
  • Experience with MIG, TIG, and STICK welding.
  • Advanced welding skills.
  • Fitness certificates for Welding, Fire Watch, and Open Flame Torch.
  • Excellent communication skills.
  • Proficiency with computer software and handheld devices.
  • Valid New York State driver license.

Additional Information

  • Work location is Brooklyn.
  • Residency in New York City or nearby counties required for employees with over two years of city service.
  • New York City residency required within 90 days of hire for all other candidates.
  • Hired candidates will be subject to a processing fee based on salary range.
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How this job compares in Brooklyn, NY

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Brooklyn, NY currently run a median of $30/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $28–$33/hr across 13 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 Brooklyn, NY

We're tracking 34 other active welding openings in Brooklyn, NY right now, from 23 different employers. 7 of them were added in the last week. Across New York as a whole we're tracking 219 other active welding openings from 146 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.

City of New York 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 Philips (6). 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 $45/hr, Staten Island at $31/hr, and Brooklyn at $30/hr. Brooklyn is among them.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG, TIG, and Stick 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.

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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. Blacksmith figures were last recalculated when this page was built.