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Job Description

Overview

The Waste Pro Welder/Fabricator is responsible for performing repairs to equipment parts, vehicles, and containers in the solid waste industry.

Responsibilities

  • Performs repairs and maintenance on front, rear load, recycle and roll-off trucks and other assets when necessary.
  • Cuts/welds repairs to vehicle floors, bodies, packing blades, rails, and fabrication.
  • Welds steel and aluminum components using MIG gun and arc welding equipment.
  • Bends steel components using a break and shear.
  • Cuts steel using a plasma cutter or torch.
  • Fabrics steel components on trucks and containers.
  • Maintains shop cleanliness by sweeping welding debris, cleaning the welding area, and disposing of trash.
  • Follows all safety policies and procedures.
  • Completes required paperwork.
  • Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Additional Information

  • Employees must attend and participate in corporation-sponsored training courses as assigned.
  • Employees are responsible for keeping up to date on current technology used by Waste Pro USA.
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How this job compares in Fort Myers, FL

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Florida currently run a median of $28/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $24–$32/hr across 137 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Fort Myers, FL

Fort Myers, FL currently has 7 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 4 employers. 1 of them was added in the last week. Across Florida as a whole we're tracking 292 other active welding openings from 148 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Fort Myers, or widen the search to Florida.

The most active employers in Florida at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Miami, FL (23), Honeywell Technologies (13), and BAE Systems (11). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Florida, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Miami at $35/hr, Cape Canaveral at $32/hr, and Jacksonville at $32/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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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Welder Container Shop – Solid Waste Industry - Fort Myers Area figures were last recalculated when this page was built.