Pipefitter
Location
West Chester, PA
Wage
$27 – $30/hr
Employment Type
Contract
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Posted on October 27, 2026
Job Description
Overview
Aerotek is immediately hiring Industrial Pipefitters/Welders for multiple job sites in Northern DE, Southeastern PA, and South Jersey. The position offers full-time day shift hours with overtime, competitive pay, and benefits.
Responsibilities
- Install, modify, repair, and maintain various piping systems including gas, water, chemical waste, plumbing, and ventilation.
- Support planned outages, shutdowns, turnarounds, and maintenance projects in industrial environments.
- Ensure safety, quality, and schedule adherence in fast-paced work settings.
Requirements
- Minimum 3 years of experience as an industrial pipefitter.
- Strong proficiency in installing, modifying, repairing, and maintaining industrial piping systems.
- Experience with welding, fabrication, fitting, brazing, soldering, ironworking, and/or rigging is a plus.
- Experience with HVAC and refrigeration-related mechanical work is a plus.
- OSHA 10 certification is preferred.
- TWIC, NCCER Basic Rigger, or other relevant industry certifications are a plus.
Benefits
- Health Insurance
- Dental
- Vision
- 401k
- PTO
Additional Information
- This is a Contract to Hire position based out of West Chester, PA.
- Work is performed at industrial and commercial construction job sites with flexibility for overtime and weekend work.
- The position is fully onsite.
Benefits
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO
How this job compares in West Chester, PA
Pay in context
At roughly $29/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $28/hr median for welding jobs across Pennsylvania, whose middle half runs $23–$35/hr across 104 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 55% 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 West Chester, PA
West Chester, PA currently has 3 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 3 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 West Chester, or widen the search to Pennsylvania.
Aerotek currently has 4 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 TradeWorx (7), JB Poindexter Company (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, York at $27/hr, and New Kensington at $22/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.
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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. Pipefitter figures were last recalculated when this page was built.