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Orgo Thermit, Inc.

Welder (Certified Welder)

Location

Manchester Township, NJ

Wage

$29.05 – $31.05/hr

Employment Type

Full-time

Required Skills & Certifications

MIG WeldingStick WeldingAWS D1
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Posted on October 12, 2026

Job Description

Overview

The Welder (Certified Welder) position involves reading shop orders and engineering drawings, operating welding machines, and supporting all aspects of welding within the facility. The role requires a certified welder with AWS D1-1.1 certification and offers a starting pay of $29.05 per hour, increasing to $31.05 after a training period.

Responsibilities

  • Read and understand shop orders, engineering drawings and sketches.
  • Gather and organize required parts to be used in weldments.
  • Operate welding machines, grinders, polishers, assorted hand tools and machinery to execute tasks to perform welds.
  • Identify opportunities for improvement for welding processes, jigs and fixtures and collaborate with team to review potential and document according to quality requirements.
  • Support all aspects of welding within the facility.
  • Inspect and certify accuracy of products.
  • Perform ERP reporting as appropriate.
  • Maintain forklift certification for material movements.
  • Keep work area and equipment in a clean and orderly condition.
  • Help meet company quality expectations.

Requirements

  • Certified Welder.
  • AWS D1-1.1 Certification.
  • High School degree or GED.
  • Demonstrate aptitude in welding to qualify for this role.
  • Good communication skills and ability to communicate effectively with other employees.
  • Ability to lift and carry objects up to 50 lbs.
  • Ability to sit, stand for extended periods, bend and reach.
  • Ability to work as a team member and maintain a positive attitude.
  • Experience and skills in Stick, MIG, and similar welding processes.
  • Ability to read and understand production drawings, sketches and specifications.
  • Ability to adjust and use manual and automatic welding machines of various types.
  • Ability to operate grinders, polishers and finishing tools to prepare and finish welds.
  • Ability to prioritize and organize schedule for maximum benefit.
  • Ability to design welding jigs and fixtures for existing products and new products.

Benefits

  • Dental
  • Health Insurance
  • Life Insurance
  • PTO
  • Retirement plan
  • Vision

Additional Information

  • This is a union position.
  • Work location is in person at Manchester Township, NJ 08759.

Benefits

Dental
Health Insurance
Life Insurance
PTO
Retirement plan
Vision
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How this job compares in Manchester Township, NJ

Pay in context

At roughly $30/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $33/hr median for welding jobs across New Jersey, whose middle half runs $28–$40/hr across 87 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 30% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in Manchester Township, NJ

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Manchester Township, 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.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG and Stick work. MIG (GMAW) feeds a continuous wire electrode through a shielding-gas nozzle. It lays down metal fast and is forgiving on clean material, which is why it dominates production and light fabrication work. Stick (SMAW) burns a flux-coated consumable rod and needs no shielding gas, so it works in wind, rain, and on dirty or rusted steel. That tolerance for bad conditions keeps it the default for field, structural, and repair work.

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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. Welder (Certified Welder) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.