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Job Description

Overview

Facility Restorations, owned by certified welder and fabricator Albert, is seeking a Welding Helper with some experience to assist in various welding projects primarily in the Atlanta area.

Responsibilities

  • Assist in welding projects including building hand rails, stairs, gates, and fences.
  • Use basic hand tools such as tape measures, grinders, and drills.
  • Communicate effectively with team members.
  • Demonstrate a desire to learn and improve skills.

Requirements

  • At least 1 to 2 years of welding experience.
  • Own transportation.
  • Ability to use basic hand tools.
  • Good communication skills.
  • Willingness to learn.

Additional Information

  • 85% of jobs will be in the Atlanta area.
  • Job duration can vary from one week to several years based on attitude and motivation.
  • Work hours for phone calls are from 9am to 8pm.

Compensation

  • Pay will start out between $18-$20 hourly.
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How this job compares in Lithonia, GA

Pay in context

At roughly $19/hr, this posting comes in about 32% below the $28/hr median for welding jobs across Georgia, where the middle half runs $22–$35/hr across 129 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 11% 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 Lithonia, GA

Lithonia, GA is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Georgia as a whole we're tracking 296 other active welding openings from 192 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Georgia.

Facility Restorations currently has 1 other opening live in Georgia, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Georgia at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Southern Industrial Constructors, Inc. (7), JCB North America (6), and The Clorox Company (6). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Georgia, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Marietta at $42/hr, Forest Park at $39/hr, and Atlanta at $29/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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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. Welding / Welders Helper figures were last recalculated when this page was built.