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Overview

CTR Group is seeking many Shipfitters in the North Eastern area of the US for immediate openings at a large commercial shipyard in Philadelphia. The role involves heavy structural fabrication and assembly of steel components, requiring strong blueprint interpretation skills and hands-on experience in a shipyard or heavy-industrial environment.

Responsibilities

  • Perform layout, fit-up, and alignment of structural components including bulkheads, decks, frames, foundations, and modules.
  • Read and interpret blueprints, sketches, and ship construction drawings.
  • Use measuring tools such as levels, squares, plumb bobs, tape measures, and micrometers to ensure accuracy.
  • Prepare steel for welding through grinding, beveling, reaming, drilling, and cutting.
  • Install foundations, brackets, stiffeners, and structural supports.
  • Perform tack welding as required for fit-up.
  • Conduct burning, heating, and straightening operations as needed.
  • Work safely in confined spaces, at heights, and aboard vessels or modules.
  • Follow all shipyard safety procedures, including lockout/tagout and hot-work protocols.

Requirements

  • 3-5+ years of shipfitting or heavy-steel fabrication experience in a shipyard or industrial environment.
  • Strong understanding of structural steel assembly and ship construction practices.
  • Ability to read and interpret detailed blueprints and structural drawings.
  • Proficiency with grinders, torches, magnetic drills, reamers, and other fabrication tools.
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced production environment with tight tolerances.
  • Must be able to pass all required background checks, drug screening, and site-specific training.

Benefits

  • Weekly Pay
  • Comprehensive Benefits Package

Additional Information

  • This role is open to candidates nationwide.

Benefits

Weekly Pay
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How this job compares in Philadelphia, PA

Pay in context

At roughly $30/hr, this posting comes in about 19% below the $37/hr median for welding jobs in Philadelphia, PA, where the middle half runs $30–$39/hr across 20 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 25% 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 Philadelphia, PA

We're tracking 56 other active welding openings in Philadelphia, PA right now, from 38 different employers. 22 of them were added in the last week. Across Pennsylvania as a whole we're tracking 277 other active welding openings from 179 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Philadelphia, or widen the search to Pennsylvania.

CTR Group currently has 1 other opening live in Pennsylvania, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Pennsylvania at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are TradeWorx (7), Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) (7), and Crash Champions (6). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Pennsylvania, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Philadelphia at $37/hr and York at $25/hr. Philadelphia is among them.

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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. Shipfitter (Shipbuilder) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.