Industrial Welder / Millwright – Pipe & Structural Welding

Location

Palmyra, PA

Wage

$62,400 – $83,200/yr

Employment Type

Full-time

Required Skills & Certifications

MIG WeldingTIG WeldingStick Welding
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Posted on October 27, 2026

Job Description

Overview

Murphy's Family Staffing is seeking experienced Industrial Welders and Millwrights for a permanent, full-time position based in Palmyra, Pennsylvania. This role involves hands-on work in welding, fabrication, equipment installation, and maintenance at various industrial sites.

Responsibilities

  • Perform quality welding in shop and field environments.
  • Weld and fabricate carbon steel, stainless steel, and other industrial metals.
  • Perform structural welding, fabrication, and repairs.
  • Cut, grind, fit, prepare, and assemble metal components.
  • Use welding machines, plasma cutters, torches, grinders, and fabrication equipment.
  • Read and interpret blueprints, shop drawings, and technical specifications.
  • Assist with industrial piping installation, repairs, and modifications.
  • Perform pipe preparation, cutting, fitting, and layout.
  • Weld carbon steel and stainless steel piping as qualified.
  • Work on industrial fluid-handling and process piping systems.
  • Install, repair, service, and maintain industrial machinery and equipment.
  • Work with conveyors, bearings, shafts, drives, and industrial mechanical systems.
  • Assist with machinery installation, alignment, and leveling.
  • Install or modify structural supports, platforms, and equipment frames.
  • Assist with mechanical demolition, equipment relocation, and industrial maintenance projects.
  • Use hand tools, power tools, measuring equipment, and material-handling equipment.

Requirements

  • 5–10 years of relevant industrial mechanical/welding experience or equivalent knowledge and skills.
  • Proven hands-on welding or metal fabrication experience in industrial or mechanical applications.
  • Ability to read blueprints, schematics, drawings, and specifications.
  • Familiarity with industrial machinery, equipment, piping, or structural components.
  • Ability to perform quality work independently with supervisory oversight.
  • Reliable transportation to jobsites.
  • Must supply and maintain required personal tools.
  • Strong work ethic, dependable attendance, and commitment to safety.
  • Willingness to work overtime, weekends, and occasional nights as project needs require.
  • High school diploma or GED.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision

Additional Information

  • Full-Time: Minimum 40 hours per week
  • Typical workdays are 8+ hours.
  • Overtime and weekend work are regularly available.
  • Occasional night shifts and emergency call-ins may be necessary.
  • Daily travel to jobsites generally within a 75-mile radius of the Palmyra office.
  • Occasional overnight travel may be required.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision

How this job compares in Palmyra, PA

Pay in context

At roughly $35/hr, this posting sits about 25% above the $28/hr median for welding jobs across Pennsylvania — toward the top of a $23–$34/hr middle band drawn from 104 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 77% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Palmyra, PA

Palmyra, PA is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Pennsylvania as a whole we're tracking 191 other active welding openings from 121 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Pennsylvania.

Murphy's Family Staffing currently has 3 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.

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.

See all pipe welder openings if you want to compare this against similar roles.

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