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Job Description

Overview

We are looking for a hands-on fabricator with experience working with all metal to join our team as a Lead Metal Shop Foreman/Fabricator.

Requirements

  • Must be English speaking
  • Must be punctual
  • Ability to read and understand fabrication drawings
  • Experience in metal fabrication including measuring, cutting, drilling, tapping, grinding, and finishing
  • TIG welding experience with stainless, steel, aluminum, and bronze
  • Experience with waterjet and hydraulic brake or ability to learn

Additional Information

  • Full time position with immediate start
  • Location is on the Queens/Brooklyn border
  • Hourly rate commensurate with experience
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How this job compares in Maspeth, NY

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across New York currently run a median of $32/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $26–$40/hr across 68 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 Maspeth, NY

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Maspeth, NY, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across New York as a whole we're tracking 105 other active welding openings from 72 employers. Browse welding jobs across New York.

Welding Shop in New York, NY currently has 15 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 (15), 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.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for TIG. 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.

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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. METAL SHOP FOREMAN/FABRICATOR figures were last recalculated when this page was built.