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Overview

We are urgently hiring Commercial Pipe Welders in our shop in Largo, FL. The position involves joining, fabricating, and repairing metal and other weldable materials using appropriate welding techniques.

Responsibilities

  • Joining, fabricating, and repairing metal and other weldable materials.
  • Applying appropriate welding techniques.
  • Must be able to MIG weld.
  • Weld in any position using a 6010 root and a 7018 filler and cover pass.
  • Interpret blueprints, specifications, diagrams, or schematics.
  • Inspect completed welds to determine structural soundness.

Requirements

  • Must be located in the Greater Tampa Bay area.
  • High School Diploma or equivalent.
  • 5+ years of experience preferred.
  • OSHA 10 or 30 preferred.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Hours of operation are Monday-Friday 6am-2:30pm.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
401k
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How this job compares in Tampa, FL

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Tampa, FL currently run a median of $28/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $25–$32/hr across 8 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 Tampa, FL

We're tracking 13 other active welding openings in Tampa, FL right now, from 11 different employers. 4 of them were added in the last week. Across Florida as a whole we're tracking 267 other active welding openings from 135 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Tampa, or widen the search to 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 (13), 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. 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.

See all pipe 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. Commercial Pipe Welders- Shop figures were last recalculated when this page was built.