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Universal Orlando

Lead Welder (3rd) (TIG Experience)

Location

Orlando, FL

Wage

$111,285/yr

Required Skills & Certifications

MIG WeldingTIG WeldingStick Welding
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Posted on October 6, 2026

Job Description

Overview

The Lead Welder (3rd) position requires advanced welding operations in various positions, focusing on structural and cosmetic repairs. The role involves leading a team, organizing workflow, and ensuring compliance with safety and quality standards while supporting maintenance across Universal Orlando properties.

Responsibilities

  • Plans and delegates work tasks among team members.
  • Implements planning and scheduling for the assigned shift.
  • Ensures proper Maximo work orders are completed.
  • Communicates performance expectations and provides feedback.
  • Reinforces company safety guidelines and reports non-compliance.
  • Monitors employee productivity and work habits.
  • Leads startup and stoppage, schedules breaks.
  • Monitors care and storage of tools and equipment.
  • Maintains material inventories.
  • Ensures compliance with company policies and grooming standards.
  • Completes documentation and weld logs to meet quality specifications.
  • Coordinates with other departments as needed.
  • Provides two-way communication between team and management.
  • Performs welding duties as per non-lead job description.
  • Assists with training new and current employees.
  • Participates in Environmental, Health & Safety responsibilities.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • Associate of Science degree (AS) or equivalent preferred.
  • 5+ years of required welding experience and company certification equal to 6G.
  • Six months to one year experience providing work direction preferred.
  • Valid Florida Driver’s License required.

Benefits

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How this job compares in Orlando, FL

Pay in context

At roughly $54/hr, this posting sits about 98% above the $27/hr median for welding jobs across Florida — toward the top of a $23–$31/hr middle band drawn from 123 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 100% 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 Orlando, FL

We're tracking 18 other active welding openings in Orlando, FL right now, from 11 different employers. 3 of them were added in the last week. Across Florida as a whole we're tracking 259 other active welding openings from 148 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Orlando, or widen the search to Florida.

The most active employers in Florida at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Miami, FL (16), Welding Shop in Tampa, FL (14), and Honeywell Technologies (8). 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 Jacksonville at $32/hr, Cape Canaveral at $29/hr, and Orlando at $29/hr. Orlando is among them.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG, TIG, and Stick 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 lead welder openings if you want to compare this against similar roles.

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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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Lead Welder (3rd) (TIG Experience) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.