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Fire sprinkler installer

Location

New York, NY

Wage

$23 – $45/hr

Employment Type

Full-time

Required Skills & Certifications

MIG WeldingTIG WeldingStick WeldingFlux-Core WeldingPIPE
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Posted on November 3, 2026

Job Description

Overview

As a Fire Sprinkler Installer, you’ll install, assemble, and maintain sprinkler systems that help protect people and property. This hands-on role suits someone who enjoys construction work, understands mechanical systems, and takes pride in quality craftsmanship.

Responsibilities

  • Read blueprints, schematics, and construction plans to determine pipe routes, measurements, and installation requirements.
  • Install, thread, bend, weld, and assemble pipe and sprinkler components; perform fabrication and fitting as needed.
  • Use hand and power tools, calipers, and rigging equipment safely to move, measure, and position materials.
  • Inspect completed work, support system maintenance, and follow applicable safety regulations, protocols, and project requirements.

Requirements

  • Mechanical knowledge, basic math, blueprint reading, pipefitting, pipe installation, fire sprinkler fitting, sprinkler systems, assembly, and construction site experience.
  • Safe use of hand tools and power tools, power tool safety, safety protocol adherence, and the ability to interpret technical drawings.
  • Welding and fabrication experience, including MIG, FCAW, stick, TIG, pipe welding, and soldering is useful.
  • Familiarity with pipe threading, tube bending, rigging, pipeline work, maintenance, NFPA standards, and ASME codes and standards is preferred.

Additional Information

  • Pay: $23.00 - $45.00 per hour
  • Expected hours: 40.0 per week
  • Work Location: In person
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How this job compares in New York, NY

Pay in context

At roughly $34/hr, this posting comes in about 19% below the $42/hr median for welding jobs in New York, NY, where the middle half runs $36–$49/hr across 30 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 17% 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 New York, NY

We're tracking 47 other active welding openings in New York, NY right now, from 30 different employers. 5 of them were added in the last week. Across New York as a whole we're tracking 157 other active welding openings from 104 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in New York, or widen the search to New York.

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 $42/hr, Brooklyn at $30/hr, and Buffalo at $29/hr. New York is among them.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG, TIG, Stick, and Flux-Core 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.

Certifications this posting mentions

  • ASME Section IX — the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code qualification. It covers welding on pressure-retaining equipment — boilers, vessels, and process piping — where a failed weld is a safety incident rather than a rework ticket.

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.

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