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Overview

Seeking an experienced Sheet Metal Fabrication professional to operate and program CNC press brake and fiber laser equipment. This role involves fabricating precision sheet metal components, interpreting blueprints, verifying tolerances, and ensuring high-quality production standards.

Responsibilities

  • Program and operate CNC press brake equipment
  • Program and operate fiber laser cutting machines
  • Laser cut, bend, form, and fabricate sheet metal components to specifications
  • Read and interpret blueprints, shop drawings, and fabrication layouts
  • Measure, inspect, and verify completed parts meet required tolerances
  • Utilize precision measuring instruments including calipers, angle gauges, optical comparators, and CMMs
  • Understand and apply sheet metal bending principles and tolerances
  • Assist with material handling, staging, and production support as needed
  • Maintain a safe, organized, and efficient work environment

Requirements

  • Previous sheet metal fabrication experience required
  • Experience operating or programming CNC press brakes and/or fiber laser equipment preferred
  • Ability to read and interpret fabrication drawings and GD&T
  • Experience with quality inspection processes and precision measuring tools
  • Comfortable using computers, touchscreens, and PC-based applications
  • Strong attention to detail and commitment to quality
  • Willingness and ability to learn new equipment and programming processes

Benefits

  • Health Insurance

Additional Information

  • Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8 AM - 5 PM
  • Work Location: In person

Benefits

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How this job compares in Sarasota, FL

Pay in context

At roughly $22/hr, this posting comes in about 23% below the $28/hr median for welding jobs across Florida, where the middle half runs $25–$31/hr across 125 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 10% 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 Sarasota, FL

Sarasota, FL currently has 3 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 3 employers. 1 of them was added in the last week. Across Florida as a whole we're tracking 267 other active welding openings from 135 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Sarasota, 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.

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