Welder
Location
Buffalo, NY
Employment Type
Full-time
Required Skills & Certifications
Posted on November 2, 2026
Location
Buffalo, NY
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on November 2, 2026
GTI is a contract manufacturing partner supporting customers in renewable energy, power generation, infrastructure, and industrial systems. They fabricate custom designed enclosures and skids, performing mechanical and electrical integration in-house to deliver turn-key products.
This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across New York currently run a median of $32/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $27–$41/hr across 107 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.
Buffalo, NY currently has 6 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 6 employers. 3 of them were added in the last week. Across New York as a whole we're tracking 157 other active welding openings from 105 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Buffalo, or widen the search to New York.
GTI Fabrication currently has 1 other opening 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), Cushman & Wakefield (5), and Con Edison (4). 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 $41/hr, Brooklyn at $30/hr, and Buffalo at $29/hr. Buffalo is among them.
This posting calls for TIG. 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.
Read straight from this posting's text. Confirm the exact qualification the employer wants before you test — requirements vary by shop even under the same code.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Welder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.