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Job Description

Overview

This position is responsible for the SAFE handling, fitting, welding, grinding, and properly tagging of product being bent on the press brake.

Responsibilities

  • Interpreting engineering drawings
  • Fitting and welding parts for jobs to specifications
  • Properly tagging completed work with required information
  • Follow all SOP’s and JSA’s
  • Operation of forklifts and hoists
  • Checking quality of work to drawings/specification and part quantity
  • Other tasks as instructed by Supervision

Requirements

  • Highschool or GED, Vo-Tech/Trade School preferred
  • 1-2 Years industrial/manufacturing environment
  • Physical abilities include standing/bending full shift, lifting up to 50lbs, and exposure to loud noises
  • Communication with others and some repetitive motion

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Preferred location: Mercer, PA 16137
  • Preferred to relocate before starting work
  • Work Location: In person

Benefits

401k
Dental
Health Insurance
Life Insurance
PTO
Vision
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How this job compares in Mercer, PA

Pay in context

At roughly $19/hr, this posting comes in about 17% below the $23/hr median for welder fabricator jobs across Pennsylvania, where the middle half runs $20–$33/hr across 8 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 13% 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 Mercer, PA

Mercer, PA is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Pennsylvania as a whole we're tracking 254 other active welding openings from 159 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Pennsylvania.

Imperial Systems currently has 1 other opening live in Pennsylvania, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Pennsylvania at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Rhoads Industries (12), Hanwha Philly Shipyard (6), and TradeWorx (6). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Pennsylvania, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Philadelphia at $30/hr and York at $25/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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