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Job Description

Overview

Clean Harbors is seeking a Welder to join their Baltimore, MD manufacturing team, focusing on fabricating and welding hazardous waste transportation containers in a safety-first environment using MIG welding techniques.

Responsibilities

  • Ensure Health and Safety is the number one priority by complying with all safe work practices, policies, and processes.
  • Perform welding on carbon steel.
  • Read and interpret blueprints and shop drawings.
  • Operate MIG welding equipment; set up and maintain welding machines.
  • Safely operate a forklift for material handling.
  • Wear appropriate safety equipment based on a complete analysis of the job site and tasks being performed.
  • Layout, cut and fit using measuring tapes, bandsaws, grinders, hoists, and assembly fixtures to fabricate assemblies precisely.
  • Safely set up and operate a hydraulic plate shear and press brake (preferred).
  • Set up welding equipment for weld procedures.
  • Maintain compliance with Clean Harbors safety protocols.
  • Keep work area clean and organized; report equipment issues promptly.

Requirements

  • Forklift Certification (preferred).
  • High School Diploma or GED.
  • Minimum 1+ year welding experience; trade school or apprenticeship preferred.
  • Ability to pass additional welding test and respirator fit test preferred.
  • Strong safety focus and attention to detail.
  • Occasional lifting up to 50 lbs.
  • Ability to work at heights with proper fall protection.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • 401k
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Location: Baltimore, MD
  • Employment Type: Full-time

Benefits

Health Insurance
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Baltimore, MD

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Maryland currently run a median of $31/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $23–$37/hr across 25 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 Baltimore, MD

Baltimore, MD currently has 5 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 5 employers. 1 of them was added in the last week. Across Maryland as a whole we're tracking 35 other active welding openings from 31 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Baltimore, or widen the search to Maryland.

The most active employers in Maryland at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Dixon Valve (2), Better Engineering (2), and U.S. Coast Guard (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. 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.

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