Tig Welder

Location

Deer Park, NY

Wage

$25 – $27/hr

Employment Type

Full-time

Required Skills & Certifications

TIG Welding
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Posted on October 2, 2026

Job Description

We are seeking a skilled and detail-oriented TIG Welder specializing in stainless steel to join a manufacturing facility in Deer Park, NY. In this role, you will be responsible for fabricating, fitting, and high-precision Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW / TIG) on thin-to-medium gauge stainless steel assemblies. The ideal candidate has blueprint-reading skills, excellent manual dexterity, and a focus on producing clean, high-quality, cosmetic welds. Please call our office at 631-582-3807 for an interview!

salary: $25 - $27 per hour shift: First work hours: 7 AM - 3:30 PM education: High School

Responsibilities

  • Precision Welding: Perform high-quality TIG welding on stainless steel components, sheet metal, and structural fabrications according to strict engineering specs.
  • Setup & Fit-Up: Clean, cut, grind, align, and fixture metal parts prior to welding using clamps, jigs, and precision measuring tools.
  • Blueprint Reading: Read and interpret shop drawings, engineering blueprints, weld symbols, and work instructions.
  • Equipment Operation: Set up and tune TIG welding equipment (amps, gas flow rates, tungsten selection, filler rods) for proper heat input and penetration control.
  • Quality & Inspection: Perform visual quality checks on finished welds to ensure they are free of porosity, cracks, burn-through, or cosmetic defects.
  • Finishing Operations: Perform post-weld clean-up, blending, polishing, and grinding as required to meet aesthetic or functional standards.
  • Safety & Maintenance: Maintain a safe, organized workspace and strictly adhere to personal protective equipment (PPE) requirements and safety protocols.

Skills • Tig Qualifications • Years of experience: 3 years • Experience level: Experienced Randstad is a world leader in matching great people with great companies. Our experienced agents will listen carefully to your employment needs and then work diligently to match your skills and qualifications to the right job and company. Whether you're looking for temporary, temporary-to-permanent or permanent opportunities, no one works harder for you than Randstad.

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At Randstad, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact HRsupport@randstadusa.com.

Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).

This posting is open for thirty (30) days.

Benefits

401k
Dental
Vision

How this job compares in Deer Park, NY

Pay in context

At roughly $26/hr, this posting comes in about 19% below the $32/hr median for welding jobs across New York, where the middle half runs $26–$40/hr across 68 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 26% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.

The local market in Deer Park, NY

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Deer Park, 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 107 other active welding openings from 73 employers. Browse welding jobs across New York.

Randstad USA currently has 1 other opening 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 (16), 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 TIG welder openings if you want to compare this against similar roles.

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