Job Description

Overview

Twoseven Inc, a NYC-based production and fabrication shop, is hiring a skilled Seasonal / Overhire Fabricator with strong carpentry experience to join our team on fast-paced, creative projects.

Responsibilities

  • Fabricate, assemble, and finish custom components, with an emphasis on carpentry and woodworking.
  • Follow shop drawings, instructions, and production guidance with close attention to accuracy, quality, and safety.
  • Assist with material preparation and cut lists as directed, flagging shortages or issues before fabrication begins.
  • Build and assemble projects with consideration for installation, shipping, handling, and site conditions.
  • Communicate work progress, questions, or issues clearly and early to supervisors or project leadership.
  • Prepare tools, hardware, materials, and work areas for shop and on-site tasks as directed.
  • Contribute to on-site installations and strikes by executing assigned tasks under the direction of Lead Fabricators, Production Managers, or the Production Director.
  • Assist with shop logistics as needed, including unloading, staging, crating, and preparation efforts across departments.
  • Support production across departments as directed to meet project needs.
  • Take responsibility for the quality of assigned work, incorporating direction and feedback from senior staff.
  • Maintain a clean, organized, and safe work environment, ensuring tools, materials, and equipment are handled properly.
  • Remain productive and responsive to direction when assigned tasks are complete, adapting to changing project needs.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or equivalent; background in the arts preferred.
  • 2+ years of carpentry, millwork, or fabrication experience in fast-paced creative production workshops.
  • Strong working knowledge of hand tools, power tools, and shop safety practices.
  • Ability to read, interpret, and work from shop and architectural drawings.
  • Solid understanding of materials, hardware, and fabrication processes, particularly wood and sheet goods.
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
  • Highly organized, detail-oriented, and punctual, with strong time management and multitasking abilities.
  • Maintains a calm, solution-driven attitude in high-pressure environments.
  • Demonstrates initiative, reliability, and a strong sense of accountability.
  • Comfortable working on ladders, lifts, or access platforms.
  • Ability to lift 50+ lbs and remain standing for extended periods.
  • Must be flexible and adaptable, with a willingness to work occasional extended hours, including overnight, and weekends, when necessary.
  • Willingness to travel outside the NY metro area, including flights and overnight stays.
  • Must be eligible to work in the U.S.
  • Experience with metal, acrylic, or other materials is a plus.

Benefits

  • PTO

Benefits

PTO

How this job compares in Brooklyn, NY

Pay in context

At roughly $29/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $31/hr median for welder fabricator jobs across New York, whose middle half runs $28–$33/hr across 11 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 27% 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 Brooklyn, NY

Brooklyn, NY currently has 9 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 4 employers. 1 of them was added in the last week. Across New York as a whole we're tracking 100 other active welding openings from 67 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Brooklyn, or widen the search to New York.

The most active employers in New York at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in New York, NY (17), Alstom (4), and Veterans Health Administration (4). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Similar openings near Brooklyn, NY

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Fabricator w/Carpentry Exp (Seasonal / Overhire) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.