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Fabrication Welder | 1st & 2nd Shift

Location

NEW KENSINGTON, PA

Wage

$19 – $26/hr

Employment Type

Temporary

Required Skills & Certifications

MIG WeldingTIG Welding
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Posted on October 16, 2026

Job Description

TradeWorX is hiring Fabrication Welders for a shop in the New Kensington, PA area. This role supports production welding and fabrication of carbon and stainless steel assemblies. Candidates must be comfortable working from blueprints and performing MIG, TIG welding in a fabrication environment. Benefits & PTO (TradeWorX) Health coverage options Dental and vision options 401K option Company-paid group life insurance (10K) Paid holidays after eligibility requirements PTO earned by hours worked Pay & Overtime $19–$26/hr depending on experience and interview Monday–Friday schedule 40 hours/week with overtime available No weekends Job Duties Perform MIG, TIG welding Fabricate and weld carbon steel and stainless steel assemblies Read and interpret blueprints and weld symbols Prep, fit, and grind welds as required Maintain production quality and safety standards Assist with general fabrication shop tasks as needed Requirements Hands-on MIG, TIG welding experience Ability to read blueprints and fabrication drawings Pass background check and 5-panel drug screen Reliable transportation to the shop Able to perform physical tasks typical in fabrication welding environments How to Apply: Apply now. Call/text 412-315-5701 or reply with your name, trade, and location. #TradeWorX #WorkWithTheBest #TradeWorX-Pittsburgh

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How this job compares in NEW KENSINGTON, PA

Pay in context

At roughly $23/hr, this posting comes in about 10% below the $25/hr median for welder fabricator jobs across Pennsylvania, where the middle half runs $19–$28/hr across 14 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 43% 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 NEW KENSINGTON, PA

NEW KENSINGTON, PA currently has 5 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 4 employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Pennsylvania as a whole we're tracking 191 other active welding openings from 121 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in NEW KENSINGTON, or widen the search to Pennsylvania.

TradeWorx currently has 6 other openings 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 JB Poindexter Company (6), TradeWorx (6), and Hanwha Philly Shipyard (5). 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 $34/hr and York at $27/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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.

See all welder fabricator openings if you want to compare this against similar roles.

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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. Fabrication Welder | 1st & 2nd Shift figures were last recalculated when this page was built.