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Job Description

Overview

This position is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation aimed at recruiting qualified candidates for welding roles in the Domestic Defense Industrial Base (DIB) Facilities and the Major Range and Test Facilities Base (MRTFB).

Responsibilities

  • Perform welding duties using Oxygen Acetylene equipment and/or Arc Welding and MIG, TIG processes.
  • Perform overhead welding and brazing, bead welding, tack welding, and flame cutting structural steel and other metals to prescribed dimensions.
  • Lay out, assemble, and accomplish welding on various parts of electronic and mechanical equipment using flat, horizontal, and vertical positions on mild steel, aluminum, cast iron, or brass.
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How this job compares in Tobyhanna, PA

Pay in context

At roughly $35/hr, this posting sits about 23% 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 76% 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 Tobyhanna, PA

Tobyhanna, 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 120 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Pennsylvania.

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 and TIG 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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