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Strategic Partner Solutions

Working Fabrication Foreman / Welder – Heavy Civil Equipment Shop

Location

Land O' Lakes, FL

Employment Type

Full-time

Required Skills & Certifications

MIG WeldingStick WeldingFlux-Core Welding
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Posted on November 5, 2026

Job Description

Overview

Strategic Partner Solutions is hiring a working fabrication foreman for a heavy civil equipment shop in Land O’ Lakes, FL. The role involves assigning jobs, checking finished work, and welding alongside the crew to maintain civil and foundation equipment.

Responsibilities

  • Set daily priorities, assign jobs, and help the crew solve fabrication and repair problems.
  • Build, modify, and repair augers, drill tooling, buckets, attachments, and other heavy equipment components.
  • Measure, lay out, cut, fit, weld, and assemble custom parts using shop equipment such as torches, plasma cutters, grinders, and press brakes.
  • Check dimensions, fit, and weld quality before parts go back into service.
  • Coordinate fabrication and repair priorities with diesel mechanics and field crews.

Requirements

  • At least three years of hands-on metal fabrication and welding experience, including layout, cutting, and fit-up.
  • Experience assigning work and checking the work of welders or fabricators while working on tools yourself.
  • Ability to read fabrication drawings and work independently from a rough sketch, sample part, or verbal instructions.
  • Proficiency in welding for fabrication and repair, with experience in MIG, flux-core, and stick welding.
  • Experience building custom parts or repairing equipment in an industrial fabrication, machinery, or heavy equipment shop is preferred.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • Full-time, in person position.
  • Location: Land O’ Lakes, FL 34639.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
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How this job compares in Land O' Lakes, FL

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Florida currently run a median of $28/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $25–$32/hr across 124 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 Land O' Lakes, FL

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Land O' Lakes, FL, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Florida as a whole we're tracking 257 other active welding openings from 133 employers. Browse welding jobs across Florida.

The most active employers in Florida at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Miami, FL (27), Honeywell Technologies (12), and BAE Systems (10). 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.

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