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Overview

A growing food manufacturing facility in Bergen County is looking for an experienced Welder/Fabricator to join 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.

Benefits

Additional Information

  • Night shift position.
  • Location: Bergen County, NJ.
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How this job compares in Wayne, 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 $35–$40/hr across 17 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 Wayne, NJ

Wayne, NJ currently has 3 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 3 employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across New Jersey as a whole we're tracking 216 other active welding openings from 131 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Wayne, or widen the search to 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 | Bergen County, NJ figures were last recalculated when this page was built.