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Job Description

Overview

Tradesmen International is hiring experienced Welders for projects in the Jacksonville, FL area, offering a first shift opportunity with a pay rate of $28/hour based on experience and skill level. This position allows Welders to work alongside proven craftsmen who prioritize safety, productivity, and superior craftsmanship.

Responsibilities

  • Read and interpret structural blueprints and fabrication drawings.
  • Layout, measure, fit, and assemble structural steel.
  • Work with beams, columns, channels, angles, plate, and other structural components.
  • Fit steel according to drawings and required measurements.
  • Measure and mark material for cutting and fabrication.
  • Use grinders, torches, saws, and other fabrication tools.
  • Tack weld components into position for final welding.
  • Check assemblies for proper dimensions, alignment, square, and fit.

Requirements

  • Previous structural steel fitting experience.
  • Strong blueprint and fabrication drawing reading skills.
  • Must be able to accurately read a tape measure.
  • Experience laying out and fitting structural steel.
  • Knowledge of welding symbols and fit-up requirements.

Benefits

  • Tradesmen+ Rewards Program
  • Vacation Pay
  • Health Insurance
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • This is a first shift opportunity.
  • Location: Jacksonville, FL.

Benefits

Tradesmen+ Rewards Program
Vacation Pay
Health Insurance
401k
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How this job compares in Jacksonville, FL

Pay in context

At roughly $28/hr, this posting comes in about 12% below the $32/hr median for welding jobs in Jacksonville, FL, where the middle half runs $30–$32/hr across 9 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 22% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.

The local market in Jacksonville, FL

We're tracking 21 other active welding openings in Jacksonville, FL right now, from 14 different employers. 3 of them were added in the last week. Across Florida as a whole we're tracking 232 other active welding openings from 139 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Jacksonville, or widen the search to Florida.

Tradesmen International, LLC currently has 1 other opening live in Florida, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Florida at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Miami, FL (17), Welding Shop in Tampa, FL (14), and Aerotek (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 Florida, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Jacksonville at $32/hr, Orlando at $28/hr, and Tampa at $25/hr. Jacksonville is among them.

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