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Overview

The Structural Metal Fitter/Welder position at Cleaver-Brooks in Thomasville, GA involves fitting, aligning, and assembling structural steel for integrated boiler room solutions. This role contributes to powering essential facilities through precision metalwork and requires adherence to safety protocols.

Responsibilities

  • Fit, align, and assemble structural steel per engineering blueprints and process instructions.
  • Use oxy-fuel cutting equipment and perform carbon arc gouging to prep and refine joints.
  • Confirm dimensions with tape measures, levels, and related gauges.
  • Apply core welding techniques while advancing toward basic ASME certification.
  • Record time accurately in the company timekeeping system.
  • Champion safety by adhering to all plant rules and procedures.
  • Assist with additional tasks as directed by the Cell Leader or Foreman.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or GED preferred; competency in reading, writing, and math.
  • Technical welding coursework preferred.
  • Accredited welding training or roughly 6 months of related welding experience.
  • Trainee-level position with limited independent decisions; rely on trainer, Cell Leader, or Foreman for guidance.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Based in Thomasville, GA
  • Work hours: Nights, Monday–Thursday, 4:30 p.m.–3:00 a.m.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Thomasville, GA

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Georgia currently run a median of $29/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $26–$38/hr across 100 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Thomasville, GA

Thomasville, GA is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Georgia as a whole we're tracking 316 other active welding openings from 186 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Georgia.

Cleaver-Brooks currently has 1 other opening live in Georgia, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Georgia at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Southern Industrial Constructors, Inc. (10), Classic Collision (9), and Gerber Collision & Glass (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 Georgia, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Forest Park at $39/hr, Marietta at $30/hr, and Atlanta at $30/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Certifications this posting mentions

  • ASME Section IX — the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code qualification. It covers welding on pressure-retaining equipment — boilers, vessels, and process piping — where a failed weld is a safety incident rather than a rework ticket.

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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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Structural Metal Fitter/Welder — Heavy Fabrication figures were last recalculated when this page was built.