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Job Description

Overview

A small weld shop in East York, PA is seeking to hire 15 - 20 MIG welders for field work on a new construction job for an Amazon Warehouse in Manchester, PA. Candidates should be comfortable working at heights and in an enclosed, heated building.

Responsibilities

  • Perform structural beam reinforcement by MIG welding.
  • Assist with fabrication, grinding, and cutting material on site.
  • Assist with other duties on site.

Requirements

  • Must have 2+ years of prior MIG/GMAW welding experience.
  • No field experience is fine.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • This is a Contract position based out of York, PA.
  • Weekly paychecks and benefits included.
  • WELD TEST ASAP! Basic MIG test, 1 hour weld test and interview at their shop the next day after applying.
  • This is a fully onsite position in York, PA.
  • Application deadline is anticipated to close on Nov 6, 2026.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Dover, PA

Pay in context

At roughly $30/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 58% 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 Dover, PA

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Dover, 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.

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.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG. 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.

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