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Overview

It's a great time to join Progressive Manufacturing! Located in Newport, New Hampshire, we have immediate employment opportunities for Welders/Fabricators on 1st shift. Progressive Manufacturing, a leading precision sheet metal and modern gas fireplace manufacturer, provides competitive pay and a great benefits package.

Responsibilities

  • Interpret weldment drawings for basic to complex components and subassemblies.
  • Complete quality control documentation.
  • Perform MIG, TIG, and laser welding of Mild Steel, Stainless, Aluminum, and Aluminized steel weldments and individual components.

Requirements

  • Experience as a production welder.
  • Familiarity with MIG, TIG, and laser welding.
  • Ability to work with Mild Steel, Stainless, Aluminum, and Aluminized steel.
  • Visual alertness, hand dexterity, and attention to detail.
  • Flexibility and adaptability to changes in assignments.
  • Willingness to work occasional overtime if required.

Benefits

  • Dental
  • Health Insurance
  • Life Insurance
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • All positions are full-time, first shift.
  • Attractive starting rates.

Benefits

Dental
Health Insurance
Life Insurance
PTO
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How this job compares in Newport, NH

Pay in context

At roughly $23/hr, this posting comes in about 10% below the $25/hr median for welding jobs across New Hampshire, where the middle half runs $20–$38/hr across 11 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 36% 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 Newport, NH

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Newport, NH, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across New Hampshire as a whole we're tracking 18 other active welding openings from 15 employers. Browse welding jobs across New Hampshire.

The most active employers in New Hampshire at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Smiths Tubular Systems - Laconia (2), Frontgrade Technologies (2), and MEI Industrial Solutions (2). 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 TIG 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. TIG (GTAW) uses a non-consumable tungsten electrode with filler added by hand, giving the operator the most control of any process. It is slow, demanding, and the standard for stainless, aluminum, and anything where the bead has to look as good as it holds.

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