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Job Description

Overview

Express is seeking a Welder for a precision manufacturing company in Export, PA, to utilize welding skills in producing custom metal components and assemblies while ensuring quality standards.

Responsibilities

  • Set up and operate welding equipment, including robotic arc welders, according to job specifications.
  • Perform welding operations using applicable processes, which may include TIG, MIG, stick, and carbon welding.
  • Read and follow blueprints, technical drawings, job travelers, and customer specifications.
  • Inspect welds and work in progress to ensure quality standards are met.
  • Monitor welding equipment, gauges, and readouts to maintain proper operation.
  • Safely position materials and workpieces using appropriate material-handling equipment.
  • Perform secondary finishing operations, such as grinding, deburring, wire brushing, and cleaning parts.
  • Record production quantities, work time, and quality inspection results accurately.
  • Maintain a safe, clean, and organized work area and report any safety concerns.
  • Assist with other manufacturing tasks as needed.

Requirements

  • Welding experience and familiarity with welding equipment and processes.
  • Ability to read and interpret blueprints, technical drawings, and job instructions.
  • Strong attention to detail and commitment to producing quality work.
  • Ability to follow safety procedures and manufacturing instructions.
  • Mechanical aptitude and ability to learn new equipment and processes.
  • Ability to work independently and manage multiple tasks as needed.
  • Experience with robotic welding, material-handling equipment, or secondary metal-finishing operations is a plus.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision

Additional Information

  • Monday–Friday, 6:00 AM–3:30 PM

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
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How this job compares in Export, PA

Pay in context

At roughly $24/hr, this posting comes in about 14% below the $28/hr median for welding jobs across Pennsylvania, where the middle half runs $23–$35/hr across 104 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 27% 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 Export, PA

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Export, PA, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Pennsylvania as a whole we're tracking 191 other active welding openings from 121 employers. Browse welding jobs across Pennsylvania.

Express Employment Professionals - Irwin currently has 1 other opening 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.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG, TIG, and Stick 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.

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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 figures were last recalculated when this page was built.