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Job Description

Overview

Matern Staffing is hiring a Sheet Metal Worker for a global manufacturer of automation systems for the plastics industry in Fredericksburg, VA. In this hands-on fabrication role, you’ll work from blueprints and design plans to cut, shape, drill, bend, and form sheet metal parts to specification.

Responsibilities

  • Read blueprints and design plans to determine part dimensions and fabrication requirements
  • Measure and mark metal using reference lines and specifications from drawings
  • Cut sheet metal using equipment such as shears, lasers, and saws
  • Bend, drill, cut, and roll metal parts according to print
  • Operate fabrication equipment such as rollers, saws, and drill presses
  • Check measurements and angles throughout the fabrication process
  • Handle materials and perform hands-on work in a manufacturing environment

Requirements

  • High school diploma
  • 1–2 years of on-the-job training or related sheet metal/fabrication experience
  • Ability to read and work from blueprints or design plans
  • Basic math skills, including the ability to calculate angles and measurements
  • Mechanical aptitude and experience operating fabrication equipment such as rollers, saws, and drill presses
  • Ability to stand for extended periods and lift heavy materials

Additional Information

  • Schedule: Monday–Thursday, 6am-3pm; Friday, 6am-10am
  • Location: Fredericksburg, VA
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How this job compares in Fredericksburg, VA

Pay in context

At roughly $19/hr, this posting comes in about 39% below the $31/hr median for welding jobs across Virginia, where the middle half runs $25–$41/hr across 94 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 2% 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 Fredericksburg, VA

Fredericksburg, VA is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 2 employers. Across Virginia as a whole we're tracking 163 other active welding openings from 83 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Virginia.

Matern Staffing currently has 1 other opening live in Virginia, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Virginia at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Innovative Refrigeration Systems, Inc. (14), General Dynamics NASSCO (10), and Atlantic Constructors, Inc. (8). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Virginia, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Newport News at $40/hr, Norfolk at $30/hr, and Chesapeake 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. Sheet Metal Worker figures were last recalculated when this page was built.