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Job Description

Overview

A growing food manufacturing facility in Bergen County is seeking an experienced Welder/Fabricator for its night-shift team. This hands-on role involves supporting production equipment, facility needs, equipment modifications, repairs, and custom fabrication projects throughout the plant.

Responsibilities

  • Perform TIG welding and stainless-steel fabrication.
  • Complete sanitary welding and fabrication on equipment used within a food production environment.
  • Fabricate, modify, repair, and install equipment and components.
  • Build and repair guards, brackets, frames, supports, and custom-fabricated pieces.
  • Perform cutting, fitting, grinding, measuring, layout, and finishing.
  • Work from blueprints, sketches, measurements, and existing equipment.
  • Support maintenance and engineering with equipment repairs, modifications, and improvement projects.
  • Maintain sanitary standards and proper weld finishes required for food-processing equipment.

Requirements

  • Sanitary welding/fabrication experience - REQUIRED.
  • Strong TIG welding experience.
  • Strong stainless-steel fabrication background.
  • Experience producing clean, precise welds and sanitary finishes.
  • Experience working on equipment within food, beverage, pharmaceutical, dairy, cosmetic, medical, or another sanitary manufacturing environment.
  • Ability to fabricate from prints, measurements, sketches, or existing equipment.
  • Strong cutting, fitting, grinding, layout, and finishing skills.
  • Ability to work independently on fabrication and equipment-repair projects.

Additional Information

  • Environment: Food manufacturing / sanitary production.
  • Schedule: Night Shift.
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How this job compares in Elizabeth, NJ

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welder fabricator jobs across New Jersey currently run a median of $40/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $38–$40/hr across 16 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 Elizabeth, NJ

Elizabeth, NJ is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 2 employers. Across New Jersey as a whole we're tracking 215 other active welding openings from 130 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across New Jersey.

gpac currently has 9 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 (12), Gpac (10), and gpac (9). 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 $51/hr, Northvale at $40/hr, and Newark at $38/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for TIG. 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. Night Shift Welder/ Fabricator figures were last recalculated when this page was built.