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JGM - USA

Structural Flux-Cored Arc Welder (AWS D1.1)

Location

Coatesville, PA

Wage

$22 – $34/hr

Employment Type

Full-time

Required Skills & Certifications

Flux-Core Welding
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Posted on September 15, 2026

Job Description

Overview

The Structural Flux-Cored Arc Welder (AWS D1.1) position in Coatesville, PA involves shaping steel and producing code-quality welds in a certified structural steel fabrication shop. The role requires proficiency in FCAW welding and collaboration with various teams to ensure safe and efficient production.

Responsibilities

  • Perform FCAW welding on structural beams, columns, plates, connections, and heavy fabricated assemblies.
  • Produce code-quality welds to AWS D1.1 and JGM quality standards.
  • Interpret weld symbols, shop drawings, and Welding Procedure Specifications (WPS).
  • Execute joint prep, grinding, carbon-arc gouging, and weld repairs.
  • Safely operate around overhead cranes, fixtures, heavy steel, and material-handling equipment.
  • Partner with fitters, operators, foremen, and QA to maintain throughput.
  • Contribute to continuous-improvement and safety initiatives.

Requirements

  • 2+ years of structural steel welding experience.
  • Hands-on FCAW proficiency (required).
  • Background welding structural beams, columns, plate, and heavy assemblies.
  • Ability to meet AWS D1.1 quality requirements.
  • Comfort welding in multiple positions, including vertical and overhead (strongly preferred).
  • Ability to read weld symbols, WPSs, and fabrication/shop drawings.
  • Experience with weld prep, grinding, carbon-arc gouging, and cleanup.
  • Current or prior AWS D1.1 certification (preferred).
  • Experience in an AISC fabrication shop (plus).
  • Strong commitment to quality, productivity, attendance, and safety.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • Location: Coatesville, PA
  • Schedule: 5:00 AM start | 10-hour shifts | Overtime available
  • Facility: 65,000 SF AISC-certified structural steel fabrication shop

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
401k
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How this job compares in Coatesville, PA

Pay in context

At roughly $28/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $28/hr median for structural welder jobs across Pennsylvania, whose middle half runs $27–$32/hr across 14 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 29% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in Coatesville, PA

Coatesville, PA is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 2 employers. Across Pennsylvania as a whole we're tracking 234 other active welding openings from 143 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Pennsylvania.

The most active employers in Pennsylvania at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Rhoads Industries (12), Department of the Navy - Agency Wide (8), and Phillips Tank & Structure (8). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Pennsylvania, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Braddock at $31/hr, Philadelphia at $30/hr, and York at $27/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for Flux-Core. Flux-cored (FCAW) runs a hollow wire filled with flux, combining MIG-like deposition rates with the outdoor tolerance of stick. It is the workhorse on heavy structural steel and shipbuilding, where thick sections and long welds reward speed.

See all structural welder openings if you want to compare this against similar roles.

Certifications this posting mentions

  • AWS D1.1 — the American Welding Society's Structural Welding Code for steel. It governs almost all building and structural steel work in the US, so a D1.1 qualification is the baseline credential for construction and ironworking.

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.

Similar openings near Coatesville, PA

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Structural Flux-Cored Arc Welder (AWS D1.1) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.