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Job Description

Overview

Welders perform various procedures to manufacture goods that meet quality standards and on-time delivery goals while adhering to safety requirements.

Responsibilities

  • Perform various welding procedures to manufacture goods.
  • Ensure products meet quality standards.
  • Meet on-time delivery date goals.
  • Adhere to all safety requirements.

Requirements

  • 1-3 years of welding/fabricating experience.
  • Experience with TIG and MIG welding.
  • Ability to set up welding equipment.
  • Ability to follow welding procedure specifications.
  • Capable of reading and interpreting mechanical drawings.
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How this job compares in Cortland, NY

Pay in context

At roughly $20/hr, this posting comes in about 32% below the $30/hr median for welding jobs across New York, where the middle half runs $25–$38/hr across 65 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 6% 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 Cortland, NY

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Cortland, NY, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across New York as a whole we're tracking 115 other active welding openings from 73 employers. Browse welding jobs across New York.

The most active employers in New York at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in New York, NY (15), GE Aerospace (5), and Philips (5). 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 York, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are New York at $45/hr, Brooklyn at $33/hr, and Latham at $24/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG and TIG work. MIG (GMAW) feeds a continuous wire electrode through a shielding-gas nozzle. It lays down metal fast and is forgiving on clean material, which is why it dominates production and light fabrication work. 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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