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Job Description

Overview

LPI Corporation has been manufacturing products for jet engines, aircraft components, and other aerospace & defense applications since 1957. The Welder position involves using hand-welding or flame-cutting equipment to join metal components and ensure the quality of fabricated metal products.

Responsibilities

  • Use proper clamping, holding, heat-bending, grinding, bolting, and tack welding techniques.
  • Operate manual GTAW (TIG) machines and perform maintenance and troubleshooting.
  • Use semi-automatic GTAW welding equipment.
  • Follow safe GTAW welding practices.
  • Weld sheet metal in various positions including flat, horizontal, vertical, and overhead.
  • Inspect completed work for defects to ensure compliance with specifications.
  • Perform layout operations and develop fixtures for optimal welding processes.
  • Set up and operate hand and power tools.
  • Understand weld schedules and symbols.
  • Utilize standard shop hand tools and measuring equipment.
  • Monitor fitting, heating, and welding procedures to prevent overheating or warping.

Additional Information

  • This position is for the evening shift.
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How this job compares in Hollywood, FL

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Florida currently run a median of $28/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $24–$32/hr across 134 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 Hollywood, FL

Hollywood, FL currently has 3 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 2 employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Florida as a whole we're tracking 279 other active welding openings from 147 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Hollywood, or widen the search to Florida.

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

The most active employers in Florida at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Miami, FL (23), BAE Systems (11), and Welding Shop in Tampa, FL (10). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Florida, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Miami at $35/hr, Jacksonville at $32/hr, and Tampa at $29/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for TIG. 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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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Welder (evening shift) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.