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Overview

Hanover Iron Works, Inc. is seeking a skilled Field Foreman to join their team, which works on exciting construction projects installing stairs, rails, and miscellaneous metals.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the crew for installation of stairs, rails, and miscellaneous metals.
  • Coordinate daily activities with the General Contractor.
  • Read and layout in accordance with blueprints.
  • Instruct and organize crews, tools, materials, and installation of stairs, rails, and miscellaneous metals.
  • Ensure crew members have proper certifications and follow job-site safety regulations.
  • Complete daily field reports and vehicle inspection reports.
  • Responsible for the timely completion of Daily Field reports, Safety reports, Time and Material tickets, and any other documents required by the General Contractor.
  • Serve as the Company's Safety representative on-site.

Requirements

  • Experience in the miscellaneous metals field for a minimum of 2+ years preferred.
  • Supervisory experience preferred.
  • Ability to read and interpret documents such as blueprints and safety procedures.
  • Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure.
  • Understanding of angles and degrees.
  • Working knowledge of AWS D1.1 and welding processes such as SMAW, FCAW, GMAW, and GTAW.
  • Current welding certifications or ability to pass a weld test.
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How this job compares in Jenkintown, PA

Pay in context

At roughly $35/hr, this posting sits about 25% above the $28/hr median for structural welder jobs across Pennsylvania — toward the top of a $28–$35/hr middle band drawn from 11 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 64% 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 Jenkintown, PA

Jenkintown, 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 286 other active welding openings from 186 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 Phillips Tank & Structure (8), Greene Tweed (7), and TradeWorx (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 Pennsylvania, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Philadelphia at $35/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 MIG, TIG, Stick, and Flux-Core 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.

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.

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