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Overview

The Utility-Wood position involves performing daily tasks assigned by the Production Leader at the Gator Plant in Sanford, FL, as part of the Operations Team. The role requires working under the direction of higher-level welders and supervisors, focusing on tasks related to welding and assembly.

Responsibilities

  • Work under the direction of higher-level welders and supervisor.
  • Lay out, position, align, and secure parts and assemblies prior to assembly using straightedges, combination squares, and tape measures.
  • Cut material to size for higher level welders.
  • Perform quality checks on one’s own work.
  • Use various hand power tools to accomplish assignments.
  • Assist with some non-structural welding.
  • Operate vehicles or equipment, such as forklifts and passenger vehicles.
  • Maintain areas for cleanliness and safety practices.
  • Interact with team members and other departments in a professional manner.
  • Work assignments with a sense of urgency to obtain efficiency of operations.

Requirements

  • HS Diploma or GED.
  • Ability to pass drug and criminal background checks.
  • Demonstrated ability to weld fabricated aluminum products.
  • Good organizational, multitasking, and prioritizing abilities.
  • Knowledge of arithmetic, geometry and their applications.
  • Ability to see details at close range and pass jaeger vision test.
  • Being reliable, responsible, dependable and fulfilling obligations.
  • Ability to work in harsh conditions, heat, weather, noise and confined spaces.
  • Frequently lift heavy parts and set them in place.

Additional Information

  • May be asked to work second or third shifts.

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How this job compares in Sanford, FL

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Florida currently run a median of $28/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $23–$31/hr across 131 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 Sanford, FL

Sanford, FL currently has 4 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 4 employers. 2 of them were added in the last week. Across Florida as a whole we're tracking 273 other active welding openings from 162 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Sanford, or widen the search to Florida.

CMI Crane Materials International Inc currently has 1 other opening 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 (12), BAE Systems (11), and Welding Shop in Tampa, FL (11). 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 Sanford, FL

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Utility-Wood figures were last recalculated when this page was built.