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Overview

We are a visual display company looking to hire a Carpenter/Fabricator/Welder/Prop & Set Builder. This position involves building structures and products by reading blueprints and assembling materials like wood and metal.

Responsibilities

  • Read and interpret plans to create finished products.
  • Accurately measure and cut materials to required specifications.
  • Use hand and power tools to shape, form, and assemble components.
  • Connect parts using welding, soldering, bolting, or screwing techniques.
  • Inspect and measure finished products to ensure quality standards.
  • Maintain cleanliness of work areas and tools.
  • Identify and resolve structural or design challenges.
  • Measure, mark, cut, and shape metal pieces using various tools.
  • Operate fabrication machinery and use hand tools for assembly.
  • Join metal components using various welding techniques.

Requirements

  • Expertise in woodworking, framing, and finishing.
  • Ability to interpret technical drawings for complex projects.
  • Strong ability to calculate measurements and material needs.
  • Precision for detailed work and physical capacity for demanding tasks.
  • Attention to detail for precise cuts and measurements.
  • Efficiently complete projects on schedule while maintaining quality.
  • Collaborate effectively with other tradespeople and contractors.
  • Installation experience required.

Additional Information

  • Must have a flexible schedule as hours will vary.
  • There will be late night and weekend work required.
  • This is a full time position.
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How this job compares in Long Island City, NY

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welder fabricator jobs across New York currently run a median of $33/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $30–$35/hr across 10 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Long Island City, NY

Long Island City, NY is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across New York as a whole we're tracking 105 other active welding openings from 73 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across New York.

Welding Shop in New York, NY currently has 13 other openings live in New York, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in New York at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in New York, NY (13), Philips (3), and GE Aerospace (3). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within New York, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are New York at $40/hr and Brooklyn at $35/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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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. Carpenter/Fabricator/Welder/Prop & Set Builder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.