Job Description

Overview

E-ONE manufactures custom and commercial fire trucks and is an industry leader in the field, employing over 1,000 people and producing more than 400 fire trucks annually. The company focuses on innovation and quality in its specialized vehicles and equipment.

Responsibilities

  • Perform welds on components to exact specifications.
  • Work from shop orders, specifications, prints, and instructions.
  • Review material and product requirements and ensure parts are cut and prepared.
  • Set parts in assembly fixture and ensure dimensional accuracy.
  • Select welding parameters per specified weld procedures.
  • Fit, tack, and weld joints in specific locations according to designated specifications.
  • Manipulate large, heavy units for efficient welding operations.
  • Make visual and dimensional checks of work and document as required.
  • Notify supervisor of unusual equipment or operating problems.
  • Support training and orientation programs for new employees.

Additional Information

  • The pay scale for this position in New York is $24 - $29 per hour.
  • Base pay may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

How this job compares in Hamburg, NY

Pay in context

At roughly $27/hr, this posting comes in about 15% below the $31/hr median for welding jobs across New York, where the middle half runs $26–$38/hr across 75 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 28% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.

The local market in Hamburg, NY

Hamburg, NY is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across New York as a whole we're tracking 115 other active welding openings from 82 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across New York.

Terex Corporation 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 (23), Veterans Health Administration (4), and Con Edison (2). 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, Brooklyn at $35/hr, and Buffalo at $27/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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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 III figures were last recalculated when this page was built.