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Job Description

Overview

Core & Main is a leader in advancing reliable infrastructure with a focus on water, wastewater, storm drainage, and fire protection products. The Welder I position involves playing a vital role in completing customer projects, requiring skills in welding various fittings and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

  • Weld various fittings to different sizes of pipe and welding joints.
  • Weld with manipulators, positioners, and free hand.
  • Read CAD or hand drawings to calculate and accurately measure, cut, fit-up, and align piping for welding.

Requirements

  • 1+ year of welding experience.
  • Certification in pressure pipe welding.
  • Ability to read CAD or hand drawings.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Continued learning opportunities

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
Tuition Reimbursement
Continued learning opportunities
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How this job compares in Brockton, MA

Pay in context

At roughly $21/hr, this posting comes in about 29% below the $30/hr median for welding jobs across Massachusetts, where the middle half runs $27–$31/hr across 15 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 7% 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 Brockton, MA

Brockton, MA is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Massachusetts as a whole we're tracking 30 other active welding openings from 23 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Massachusetts.

The most active employers in Massachusetts at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Boston, MA (6), World Class Machine Shop (2), and Commonwealth Fusion Systems (2). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

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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 I figures were last recalculated when this page was built.