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Welding Shop in Miami, FL

STRUCTURAL & MISC METALS FABRICATOR / ERECTOR – 1099 SUB – START ASAP - skilled trades / artisan - job employment -...

Location

Miami, FL

Wage

$25 – $45/hr

Employment Type

Contract

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Posted on October 2, 2026

Job Description

Overview

This position is for a Structural & Misc Metals Fabricator/Erector based in Miami, Florida, requiring skilled tradespeople for both shop fabrication and field erection of various metal structures. The role involves working with columns, beams, stairs, and custom metal projects, with an immediate start available.

Responsibilities

  • Fabricate structural and miscellaneous metals including columns, beams, stairs, rails, gates, and canopies.
  • Read and interpret shop drawings while maintaining tolerances.
  • Fit columns and beams, including coping, base plates, cap plates, and clips.
  • Build jigs for custom fabrication jobs.
  • Operate tools such as torches, plasma cutters, saws, grinders, shears, notchers, ironworkers, and pipe benders.
  • Erect structures in the field, including setting and bolting columns and beams.
  • Perform field measurements, leveling, and anchoring.
  • Conduct field welding and bolting.
  • Utilize rigging and signaling techniques.
  • Operate boom lifts and scissor lifts.

Requirements

  • 3–5+ years of experience in structural and miscellaneous metals fabrication.
  • 3–5+ years of experience in field erection.
  • Ability to read shop drawings and hold tolerances.
  • Valid driver's license.
  • OSHA 10 certification and fall protection training.
  • General liability insurance and W-9 required.

Additional Information

  • Work is per-job subcontract.
  • Location includes Miami shop (33126) and various South Florida job sites.
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How this job compares in Miami, FL

Pay in context

At roughly $35/hr, this posting sits about 21% above the $29/hr median for structural welder jobs across Florida — toward the top of a $24–$37/hr middle band drawn from 8 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 75% 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 Miami, FL

Miami, FL currently has 8 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 4 employers. 1 of them was added in the last week. Across Florida as a whole we're tracking 259 other active welding openings from 149 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Miami, or widen the search to Florida.

Welding Shop in Miami, FL currently has 15 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 (15), 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. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Miami, FL

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. STRUCTURAL & MISC METALS FABRICATOR / ERECTOR – 1099 SUB – START ASAP - skilled trades / artisan - job employment -... figures were last recalculated when this page was built.