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Job Description

Overview

We are seeking an experienced MIG Welder / Fabricator to join our team in Brooklyn, NY, specializing in driveshaft fabrication, repair, and driveline components for automotive, commercial, and industrial applications.

Responsibilities

  • MIG welding on steel driveshafts and related components
  • Cutting, fitting, assembling, and fabricating metal parts
  • Taking accurate measurements and maintaining proper alignment
  • Inspecting welds for quality and consistency
  • Maintaining a clean and safe work area

Requirements

  • Previous MIG welding experience required
  • Strong fabrication and mechanical skills
  • Ability to work accurately and efficiently
  • Reliable, dependable, and detail-oriented
  • Driveshaft or automotive experience a plus

Benefits

  • PTO

Benefits

PTO
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How this job compares in Brooklyn, NY

Pay in context

At roughly $30/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $30/hr median for welder fabricator jobs across New York, whose middle half runs $28–$33/hr across 13 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 38% 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 Brooklyn, NY

We're tracking 13 other active welding openings in Brooklyn, NY right now, from 7 different employers. 2 of them were added in the last week. Across New York as a whole we're tracking 98 other active welding openings from 67 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Brooklyn, or widen the search to New York.

Welding Shop in New York, NY currently has 20 other openings live in New York, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in New York at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in New York, NY (20), Veterans Health Administration (4), and Randstad USA (3). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within New York, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are New York at $40/hr and Brooklyn at $35/hr. Brooklyn is among them.

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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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. MIG Welder / Fabricator figures were last recalculated when this page was built.