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Overview

We are a visual display company looking to hire a Carpenter/Fabricator/Welder/Prop & Set Builder. This position involves building structures and products by reading blueprints and assembling materials like wood and metal.

Responsibilities

  • Reading and interpreting plans to create finished products.
  • Accurately measure and cut materials such as wood, metal, and other solid surfaces.
  • Use a variety of hand and power tools to shape, form, and assemble components.
  • Connect parts using techniques like welding, soldering, bolting, or screwing.
  • Inspect and measure finished products to ensure they meet quality standards.
  • Keep work areas clean and maintain tools and equipment.
  • Identify and resolve structural or design challenges during construction.
  • Measure, mark, cut, and shape metal pieces using various tools.
  • Operate fabrication machinery and use hand tools to fit and assemble components.
  • Join metal components using various welding techniques.

Requirements

  • Expertise in woodworking, framing, and finishing.
  • Ability to interpret technical drawings for complex projects.
  • Strong ability to calculate measurements, angles, and material needs accurately.
  • Precision for detailed work and physical capacity to handle demanding tasks.
  • Ensure precise cuts and measurements for a seamless final product.
  • Efficiently complete projects on schedule while maintaining high-quality standards.
  • Collaborate effectively with other tradespeople and contractors.

Additional Information

  • Must have a flexible schedule as hours will vary.
  • There will be late night and weekend work required.
  • This is a full-time position.
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How this job compares in Long Island City, NY

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welder fabricator jobs across New York currently run a median of $33/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $31–$35/hr across 8 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 Long Island City, NY

Long Island City, NY is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across New York as a whole we're tracking 103 other active welding openings from 69 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across New York.

Welding Shop in New York, NY currently has 15 other openings live in New York, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in New York at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in New York, NY (15), Veterans Health Administration (5), and Alstom (4). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within New York, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are New York at $40/hr and Brooklyn at $33/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. Carpenter/Fabricator/Welder/Prop & Set Builder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.