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Job Description

Overview

AMETEK LMS is seeking a GTAW Welder I to join their dynamic production team in a clean and organized manufacturing environment. This role involves following work orders, setting up jobs according to specifications, and ensuring quality through visual and dimensional checks.

Responsibilities

  • Follow instructions in the work order and examine the final product for completion according to specifications.
  • Set up and complete jobs according to blueprints, drawings, and process sheets using Auto-Tig and Hand-Tig.
  • Check welds visually and dimensionally with measuring instruments for conformance to blueprints and specifications.
  • Organize work and storage area for efficient workflow.
  • Perform cross sectioning and etching of weld samples.
  • Cross-train for testing and mechanical assembly tasks.

Requirements

  • Must be able to lift, push, pull at least 50 lbs.
  • Knowledge of arithmetic.
  • Basic computer skills.
  • Good hand and eye coordination.
  • 1-year previous TIG welding experience or completion of an accredited welding program.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • PTO

Benefits

Health Insurance
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How this job compares in Naugatuck, CT

Pay in context

At roughly $24/hr, this posting comes in about 22% below the $31/hr median for welding jobs across Connecticut, where the middle half runs $24–$33/hr across 23 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 30% 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 Naugatuck, CT

Naugatuck, CT is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Connecticut as a whole we're tracking 31 other active welding openings from 21 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Connecticut.

AMETEK currently has 1 other opening live in Connecticut, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Connecticut at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Gpac (5), Pursuit Aerospace (3), and WIN Waste Innovations (2). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

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.

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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. GTWA Welder I figures were last recalculated when this page was built.