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Overview

This position is for a Traveling Welder for a 3-week project in Baltimore, MD, offering weekly pay and requiring maintenance and repair activities at a coal-fired utility plant. The role involves working in various conditions and requires physical capability and safety compliance.

Responsibilities

  • Install, troubleshoot, repair, and maintain production and facility equipment using maintenance practices.
  • Perform cutting of steel parts using an oxy-acetylene torch following safety procedures.
  • Operate air chisels and related mechanical tools for metal component removal and repair.
  • Carry and lift tools, equipment, and parts to support maintenance tasks.
  • Operate forklifts, aerial lifts, and cranes to move materials and access work areas safely.
  • Perform internal cleaning of precipitators and carry out related mechanical and minor weld repairs.
  • Work inside electrostatic precipitators to clean air-handling components.

Requirements

  • Ability to install, troubleshoot, repair, and maintain production and facility equipment in an industrial environment.
  • Proficiency using an oxy-acetylene torch to cut steel parts safely and accurately.
  • Experience operating air chisels and similar mechanical tools for metal removal.
  • Capability to carry and lift tools, equipment, and parts required for maintenance tasks.
  • Experience operating forklifts, aerial lifts, and cranes or the ability to learn under supervision.
  • Experience working in power plants, heavy industrial facilities, or similar environments.
  • Experience in mechanical maintenance, fabrication, or welding support.
  • Familiarity with electrostatic precipitators or similar air pollution control equipment.
  • Strong safety mindset and consistent use of required personal protective equipment.
  • Ability to work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary crew of mechanics and welders.
  • Willingness to work extended hours and consecutive days during shutdown periods.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • This role is based at a coal-fired utility plant in Baltimore, MD.
  • Work hours are 12 hours per day, 6 days per week, typically from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
  • Travel time is paid, and lodging is provided at no cost.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Baltimore, MD

Pay in context

At roughly $33/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $32/hr median for welding jobs across Maryland, whose middle half runs $27–$38/hr across 18 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 56% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in Baltimore, MD

Baltimore, MD currently has 5 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 5 employers. 1 of them was added in the last week. Across Maryland as a whole we're tracking 27 other active welding openings from 23 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Baltimore, or widen the search to Maryland.

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

The most active employers in Maryland at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Aether Aerospace (2), Eaton (2), and The MIL Corporation (2). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Similar openings near Baltimore, MD

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. TRAVELING WELDER- 3 WEEK PROJECT- WEEKLY PAY figures were last recalculated when this page was built.