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Job Description

Overview

Our client, an established job shop in Temple, PA, is looking for a skilled Welder with over a decade of hands-on welding experience. The ideal candidate will excel in fitting and TIG welding aluminum, stainless steel, and carbon steel in a fast-paced, high-mix shop environment.

Responsibilities

  • Reading and interpreting blueprints, weld symbols, and shop drawings to fit and fabricate parts and assemblies.
  • Fitting and tacking components accurately prior to final welding, ensuring proper alignment and dimensional tolerances.
  • Performing GTAW (TIG) welding on aluminum, stainless steel, and carbon steel across various joint configurations and positions.
  • Selecting the correct filler metal, shielding gas, amperage, and technique based on material and application.
  • Inspecting completed welds for quality, penetration, and appearance, with minor grinding and finishing as needed.
  • Operating standard shop equipment (grinders, cutting tools, fixtures, layout tools) safely.
  • Maintaining a clean, organized, and safe work area.
  • Communicating with shop leadership on job status, material issues, or fit-up concerns.
  • Working independently on low-volume, high-mix job shop orders with minimal supervision.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of hands-on welding/fitting experience in a job shop or custom fabrication setting.
  • Demonstrated proficiency fitting and welding aluminum, stainless steel, and carbon steel.
  • Strong GTAW (TIG) welding skills across multiple materials and positions.
  • Ability to pass AWS welder performance qualification testing for applicable classifications.
  • Ability to read blueprints and weld symbols (AWS A2.4) and work from verbal or written instructions.
  • Own basic hand tools; steel-toe boots and appropriate PPE required.
  • Strong attention to detail and commitment to quality workmanship.
  • Reliable, punctual, and able to work safely in a shop environment.

Benefits

  • 401k
  • Health Insurance
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Location: Onsite | Temple, PA
  • Work Hours: 7:00 am - 3:30 pm

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
PTO
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How this job compares in Temple, PA

Pay in context

At roughly $33/hr, this posting sits about 12% above the $29/hr median for welding jobs across Pennsylvania — toward the top of a $25–$35/hr middle band drawn from 147 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 68% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Temple, PA

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Temple, PA, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Pennsylvania as a whole we're tracking 312 other active welding openings from 188 employers. Browse welding jobs across Pennsylvania.

The most active employers in Pennsylvania at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Rhoads Industries (13), 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 Philadelphia at $31/hr, Braddock at $31/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 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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