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Job Description

Overview

The Welder/Fabricator will use specialized equipment to weld and assemble new metal forms, focusing on manufacturing and fabricating finished metal products according to blueprints and specifications.

Responsibilities

  • Manufacture and fabricate finished metal products
  • Follow blueprints to meet product specifications
  • Calculate material measurements to verify specifications
  • Conduct tests to evaluate weld quality and tolerance
  • Fabricate commercial railings, picket fence and custom gates of all types

Requirements

  • Previous experience in welding, manufacturing, or other related fields
  • Familiarity with welding tools and procedures
  • Familiarity with engineering blueprints and schematics
  • Ability to handle physical workload
  • Weld aluminum and steel
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How this job compares in POMPANO BEACH, FL

Pay in context

At roughly $20/hr, this posting comes in about 29% below the $28/hr median for welding jobs across Florida, where the middle half runs $24–$32/hr across 131 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 8% 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 POMPANO BEACH, FL

POMPANO BEACH, FL currently has 3 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 3 employers. 2 of them were added in the last week. Across Florida as a whole we're tracking 276 other active welding openings from 159 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in POMPANO BEACH, or widen the search to Florida.

Welding Shop in Miami, FL currently has 14 other openings 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 (14), 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.

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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. Aluminum WELDER/FABRICATOR figures were last recalculated when this page was built.