Yard Associate - Welder
Location
Bridgewater, NJ
Wage
$19.5 – $22/hr
Required Skills & Certifications
Posted on October 6, 2026
Location
Bridgewater, NJ
Wage
$19.5 – $22/hr
Posted on October 6, 2026
The Yard Associate at PERI Formwork Systems, Inc. in Bridgewater, NJ, is responsible for supporting the stockyard operations through various welding tasks while maintaining a Safety-First Culture.
At roughly $21/hr, this posting comes in about 37% below the $33/hr median for welding jobs across New Jersey, where the middle half runs $29–$40/hr across 87 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 5% 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.
This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Bridgewater, NJ, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across New Jersey as a whole we're tracking 151 other active welding openings from 111 employers. Browse welding jobs across New Jersey.
The most active employers in New Jersey at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are gpac (9), DC Fabricators (4), and WSP in the U.S. (3). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.
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