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Job Description

Overview

Fire Escape Services Network is hiring skilled tradespeople including Ironworks-Fabricators, Wood Balcony Carpenters, Painters, and Home Inspectors for contract work in Boston and New England. The company offers steady work with flexible schedules and opportunities for growth in the restoration field.

Responsibilities

  • Repair and replace fire escape systems including stairs, platforms, railings, and brackets.
  • Perform painting and maintenance tasks such as prep, scraping, rust treatment, and coatings.
  • Inspect and repair wood balconies and exterior egress systems, including framing and waterproofing.
  • Provide welding and fabrication services as subcontract partners.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of trade experience preferred, especially in fire escape, ironwork, or balconies.
  • Valid driver's license required (MA or CA depending on work location).
  • Background check required.
  • Must complete W-9 and sign Independent Contractor Agreement.
  • Insurance required: General Liability and Workers Comp (current).

Additional Information

  • Work is available on a 1099/contract basis with steady work options.
  • Flexible schedule options include Mon–Thu or Fri–Mon.
  • Training available at Boston and San Francisco training centers and online.
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How this job compares in Lynn, MA

Pay in context

At roughly $50/hr, this posting sits about 67% above the $30/hr median for welding jobs across Massachusetts — toward the top of a $27–$36/hr middle band drawn from 12 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 83% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Lynn, MA

Lynn, MA is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 2 employers. Across Massachusetts as a whole we're tracking 27 other active welding openings from 23 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Massachusetts.

Fire Escape Services Network currently has 1 other opening live in Massachusetts, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Massachusetts at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Boston, MA (4) and Commonwealth Fusion Systems (2). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Similar openings near Lynn, MA

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Ironworks-Fabricator / Wood Balc Carpenter+ Painter’s+ Home Insp - skilled trades / artisan - job employment -... figures were last recalculated when this page was built.