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PilePad

Industrial Sewer / Marine Products Fabricator (Walking Foot)

Location

Fort Lauderdale, FL

Wage

$25/hr

Employment Type

Part-time

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Posted on October 29, 2026

Job Description

Overview

PilePad builds padded dock accessories for the marine industry and is looking for an experienced sewer to take products from raw materials to finished goods.

Responsibilities

  • Cut and sew products using UV-resistant marine fabric, polyurethane foam, webbing, buckles and grommets.
  • Sew fabrics and foams on a brand new industrial machine with walking foot.
  • Troubleshoot construction or machine issues as they come up.

Requirements

  • Hands-on experience with industrial sewing machines, especially walking foot.
  • Punctual and dependable.
  • Hard working with a strong eye for quality.
  • A problem solver who can work independently.
  • English speaking.

Additional Information

  • Up to $25/hr for experienced workers who deliver quality products in good time.
  • Work your own hours as long as production quantities are completed.
  • Brand new space with air conditioning, a café area, restrooms and on-site parking.
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How this job compares in Fort Lauderdale, FL

Pay in context

At roughly $25/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $25/hr median for welder fabricator jobs across Florida, whose middle half runs $22–$29/hr across 24 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 42% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in Fort Lauderdale, FL

We're tracking 11 other active welding openings in Fort Lauderdale, FL right now, from 9 different employers. 1 of them was added in the last week. Across Florida as a whole we're tracking 262 other active welding openings from 136 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Fort Lauderdale, or widen the search to Florida.

The most active employers in Florida at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Miami, FL (22), Honeywell Technologies (10), and Welding Shop in Orlando, FL (9). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Florida, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Miami at $35/hr, Cape Canaveral at $32/hr, and Jacksonville at $32/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Fort Lauderdale, FL

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Industrial Sewer / Marine Products Fabricator (Walking Foot) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.