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Overview

Join Hanover Iron Works, Inc. as a Tig Welder specializing in Aluminum and Stainless Steel, where you will weld and finish metal components to meet quality and project specifications. The company has over 60 years of experience in fabricating customized steel products.

Responsibilities

  • TIG weld Aluminum and Stainless Handrails.
  • Use an angle grinder and finishing tools to achieve the proper finish.
  • Operate cold saw, band saw, pipe-notcher, and grinder.
  • Operate overhead crane.
  • Operate forklift and pallet jack.
  • Use jigs, welding torches, and hand tools.

Requirements

  • Experience with TIG welding of Aluminum and Stainless Steel.
  • Ability to apply concepts such as fractions.
  • Ability to read and interpret safety rules, tool-box shop talks, safety procedures, Operator's Manuals, and maintenance instructions.
  • Experience using tape measures and hand tools.
  • Knowledge of various tools for fabrication and layout.
  • Ability to use basic math and geometry.
  • Ability to adapt to a rapidly changing schedule.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k
  • Life Insurance
  • PTO

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
Life Insurance
PTO
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How this job compares in Hanover, PA

Pay in context

At roughly $26/hr, this posting comes in about 20% below the $32/hr median for welding jobs across Pennsylvania, where the middle half runs $27–$38/hr across 89 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 21% 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 Hanover, PA

Hanover, PA is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Pennsylvania as a whole we're tracking 228 other active welding openings from 144 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Pennsylvania.

Hanover Iron Works currently has 2 other openings live in Pennsylvania, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Pennsylvania at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Hanwha Philly Shipyard (6), TradeWorx (6), and Mission Critical Group (6). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Pennsylvania, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Philadelphia at $35/hr and York at $25/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for TIG. 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.

See all stainless steel 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. Stainless Steel/Aluminum Welder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.