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Overview

MET-CON is seeking experienced and detail-oriented Structural Steel Welders to join our team. The position involves welding steel components for building structures and miscellaneous items to shop drawings and weld symbols, ensuring high-quality welds while following safety protocols.

Responsibilities

  • Weld structural steel components per shop drawings and marked-up weld symbols.
  • Check fit-up, clean, and preheat joints as required before welding.
  • Obtain and maintain required welding certifications and welder qualifications per AWS standards.
  • Visually inspect welded components to confirm quality and accuracy.
  • Use fillet weld gauges to verify weld size and profile.
  • Remove slag and spatter and repair defective welds as needed.
  • Safely operate overhead cranes, air arc tools, grinders, magnetic drills, and other welding-related equipment.
  • Communicate with team members to ensure work is complete and meets quality standards.
  • Follow all safety procedures and company policies.
  • Keep the work area clean and organized, including trash and scrap removal and other production tasks.
  • Perform routine maintenance on welding equipment as needed.
  • Perform additional welding duties and work overtime as required.

Requirements

  • Previous experience as a Structural Steel Welder or in a similar role.
  • Minimum of 2 years of experience in structural steel fabrication.
  • Experience welding in the vertical and overhead positions.
  • Ability to read shop drawings and interpret weld symbols.
  • Experience with FCAW and/or SMAW processes; GMAW a plus.
  • Working knowledge of the AWS D1.1 Structural Welding Code.
  • Experience with fillet and groove welds, including complete joint penetration (CJP) welds.
  • Experience operating overhead cranes.
  • Must pass a welding test and meet AWS welder qualification standards.
  • Strong attention to detail and commitment to quality and safety.

Additional Information

  • Pay: $24–$27 per hour (will be based on experience), plus $3 shift differential.
  • Shift: Monday - Friday| 3:30 p.m. – 2 a.m. (overtime required as needed).
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How this job compares in Cocoa, FL

Pay in context

At roughly $26/hr, this posting comes in about 27% below the $35/hr median for structural welder jobs across Florida, where the middle half runs $26–$35/hr across 14 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 7% 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 Cocoa, FL

Cocoa, FL currently has 8 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 3 employers. 3 of them were added in the last week. Across Florida as a whole we're tracking 264 other active welding openings from 130 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Cocoa, or widen the search to Florida.

Met-Con, Inc. currently has 5 other openings live in Florida, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Florida at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Miami, FL (22), Honeywell Technologies (13), and BAE Systems (11). 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.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG, Stick, and Flux-Core work. 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. Stick (SMAW) burns a flux-coated consumable rod and needs no shielding gas, so it works in wind, rain, and on dirty or rusted steel. That tolerance for bad conditions keeps it the default for field, structural, and repair work.

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

Certifications this posting mentions

  • AWS D1.1 — the American Welding Society's Structural Welding Code for steel. It governs almost all building and structural steel work in the US, so a D1.1 qualification is the baseline credential for construction and ironworking.

Read straight from this posting's text. Confirm the exact qualification the employer wants before you test — requirements vary by shop even under the same code.

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