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Welder - Manufacturing

Location

Florence, NJ

Wage

$56,822/yr

Required Skills & Certifications

MIG Welding
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Posted on November 3, 2026

Job Description

Overview

The Welder - Manufacturing position involves welding various fabricated parts and structural steel according to engineering specifications to produce commercial weldments. The role requires operating welding machines and fabrication machinery while adhering to safety and quality standards.

Responsibilities

  • Weld a variety of fabricated parts and structural steel according to specifications.
  • Set and maintain MIG welding machines to required heat and amperage.
  • Cut, form, debur, punch, and shear various metal materials.
  • Set up and operate manually controlled fabrication machinery and hand tools.
  • Lift/move up to 25 pounds regularly and up to 50 pounds frequently.
  • Use overhead crane and moving equipment such as pallet jacks and forklifts.

Requirements

  • Able to read a tape measure and perform basic math.
  • Familiar with blueprints.
  • Able to continuously produce a leak-proof product.
  • Able to use pallet jacks, forklifts, and overhead cranes.
  • Reliable transportation is a must.
  • High level of attention to detail.
  • Able to stand for long periods.
  • Strict adherence to attendance policy required.
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How this job compares in Florence, NJ

Pay in context

At roughly $27/hr, this posting comes in about 22% below the $35/hr median for welding jobs across New Jersey, where the middle half runs $30–$40/hr across 100 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 19% 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 Florence, NJ

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Florence, NJ, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across New Jersey as a whole we're tracking 156 other active welding openings from 116 employers. Browse welding jobs across New Jersey.

The most active employers in New Jersey at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Darling Ingredients (5), Lockheed Martin (4), and Depot Connect International (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 Jersey, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Newark at $35/hr and Lyndhurst at $30/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.

See all manufacturing welder openings if you want to compare this against similar roles.

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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 - Manufacturing figures were last recalculated when this page was built.