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Overview

GEA Group, a global leader in engineering solutions founded in Germany in 1881, is seeking a Welder II to join their Production Team in York, PA. The company offers a strong culture, growth opportunities, and support for employees, with an average tenure of 5 to over 11 years.

Responsibilities

  • Perform all operations in the manufacture of custom packages, heat exchangers, and vessels to required specifications and budgets.
  • Assemble and weld sub assembly parts.
  • Weld internal and external parts.
  • Assemble and weld water boxes.
  • Weld tube to tube sheet.
  • Install package components.
  • Assemble, weld, and install system piping.
  • Assist in training less experienced employees.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.
  • Manufacture standard separators, receivers, and heat exchangers to required specifications and budgets.
  • Assemble, weld, and install sub assembly parts.
  • Install heads and sub arc.
  • Assemble and weld supports, legs, and angles.
  • Manufacture standard compressor packages to required specifications and budgets.
  • Assemble and weld sub assembly parts.
  • Install package components.
  • Assemble, weld, and install system piping.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma or Equivalent preferred but not required.
  • Certified Vocational Degrees Preferred.
  • Minimum Experience: 3+ years' experience in lieu of vocational degree/certificate in structural / pipe welding.
  • Ability to qualify in a 6G test for Mig, Pulse, and Tig.
  • Basic math skills.
  • Basic blueprint reading.
  • Basic fabrication skills.
  • Comprehension of safety rules.
  • Ability to sit, stand, reach, and walk for periods of time on concrete surface.
  • Ability to lift/carry 50 lbs.
  • Sufficient hand, arm, and finger dexterity to operate tools and/or machinery.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • This position is based in the United States and does not offer visa or work sponsorship.
  • Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without current or future sponsorship.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
401k
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How this job compares in York, PA

Pay in context

At roughly $32/hr, this posting sits about 17% above the $27/hr median for welding jobs in York, PA — toward the top of a $21–$27/hr middle band drawn from 10 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 80% 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 York, PA

We're tracking 10 other active welding openings in York, PA right now, from 8 different employers. 2 of them were added in the last week. Across Pennsylvania as a whole we're tracking 286 other active welding openings from 187 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in York, or widen the search to Pennsylvania.

GEA Group currently has 2 other openings live in Pennsylvania, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

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. York is among them.

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.

Certifications this posting mentions

  • 6G — a pipe test welded on a joint fixed at a 45-degree incline. Because the torch has to travel through flat, vertical, and overhead angles in a single pass, passing 6G qualifies you for every position on pipe — which is why it is the ticket that separates pipe welders from plate welders on pay.

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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