FITTER FABRICATOR WELDER
Location
Jacksonville, FL
Wage
$18 – $22/hr
Employment Type
Temporary
Required Skills & Certifications
Posted on September 21, 2026
Location
Jacksonville, FL
Wage
$18 – $22/hr
Employment Type
Temporary
Posted on September 21, 2026
The Stainless Steel Fitter/Welder is responsible for fitting, assembling, and welding stainless steel components according to blueprints, drawings, and fabrication specifications. This position requires strong fitting skills, accurate measurement, and the ability to produce clean, high-quality welds while maintaining proper alignment and dimensional tolerances. Essential Duties & Responsibilities Fit, align, assemble, and weld stainless steel components and fabricated assemblies. Perform MIG welding on stainless steel, depending on project requirements. Read and interpret blueprints, fabrication drawings, weld symbols, and specifications. Measure, mark, position, and fit components prior to welding. Tack weld assemblies and verify dimensions, alignment, squareness, and tolerances before final welding. Prepare stainless steel surfaces by grinding, cleaning, beveling, and removing contaminants as necessary. Set and adjust welding equipment for proper amperage, voltage, wire speed, and shielding gas. Use grinders, saws, cutting equipment, clamps, squares, levels, and other fabrication tools. Inspect completed welds for quality, penetration, appearance, and conformity to specifications. Minimize distortion and warping during the welding process. Perform grinding and finishing of welded areas as required. Maintain a clean and safe fabrication work area. Follow all company safety, PPE, and quality-control procedures. Qualifications Previous experience as a Fitter/Welder, Fabricator/Welder, or Stainless Steel Welder preferred. Hands-on experience welding and fitting stainless steel. Ability to read a tape measure and accurately perform layout and fitting. Ability to read and work from blueprints and fabrication drawings. Knowledge of proper stainless steel welding and fabrication techniques. Ability to identify proper fit-up, gaps, joint preparation, and weld requirements. Must be comfortable using hand tools, power tools, grinders, and fabrication equipment. Ability to stand, bend, stoop, and work in fabrication positions for extended periods. Ability to lift and maneuver materials as required by the position. Preferred Skills MIG/GMAW stainless steel welding experience. Experience fabricating stainless steel frames, structures, tanks, equipment, piping, or custom assemblies. Strong attention to detail and ability to maintain tight tolerances. Ability to complete a fit-up and welding test prior to placement.
At roughly $20/hr, this posting comes in about 33% below the $30/hr median for welding jobs in Jacksonville, FL, where the middle half runs $27–$32/hr across 12 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 0% 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.
We're tracking 25 other active welding openings in Jacksonville, FL right now, from 14 different employers. 8 of them were added in the last week. Across Florida as a whole we're tracking 200 other active welding openings from 116 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.
AtWork Group currently has 3 other openings 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 (15), and Welding Shop in Orlando, FL (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 Fort Myers at $39/hr, Jacksonville at $30/hr, and Tampa at $25/hr. Jacksonville is among them.
This posting calls for MIG. 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.
See all welder fabricator openings if you want to compare this against similar roles.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. FITTER FABRICATOR WELDER figures were last recalculated when this page was built.