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Overview

Barnes Aerospace is seeking Welders for multiple locations in Connecticut, offering competitive wages and a comprehensive benefits package. The company values teamwork and innovation in providing solutions for the aerospace market.

Responsibilities

  • Prepare materials for welding by cutting, grinding, and cleaning metals
  • Read and interpret weld blueprints, engineered drawings, and work orders
  • Set up welding equipment based on material type, thickness, and position
  • Use complex weld fixtures and positioners (turntables)
  • Inspect welds and assemblies using calipers, protractors, gauges, and other measurement tools
  • Perform dimensional and cosmetic inspections to ensure quality standards
  • Complete work according to manufacturing schedules and standard times
  • Successfully pass required welding certification tests for shop materials
  • Complete quarterly process control samples
  • Maintain accurate logs, check sheets, job orders, and related documentation
  • Follow all safety guidelines and wear required personal protective equipment
  • Maintain a clean, organized work area and promote good housekeeping
  • Complete required compliance training and adhere to all company policies and applicable laws

Requirements

  • 1+ years of welding experience in manufacturing or aerospace industry
  • TIG/GTAW welding certification (AWS D17.1, PWA 16 in any material group)
  • Ability to read and interpret blueprints and operation sheets
  • Experience using standard bench tools and inspection equipment (calipers, micrometers, height gauges, microscopes)
  • Ability to multitask in a manufacturing cell environment
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools
  • High school diploma or equivalent

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Multiple locations in Connecticut: East Granby, CT and East Hartford, CT
  • Relocation assistance may be available for qualified candidates at select sites

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
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How this job compares in East Granby, CT

Pay in context

At roughly $34/hr, this posting sits about 13% above the $30/hr median for welding jobs across Connecticut — toward the top of a $27–$33/hr middle band drawn from 16 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 81% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in East Granby, CT

East Granby, CT is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Connecticut as a whole we're tracking 27 other active welding openings from 22 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Connecticut.

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

The most active employers in Connecticut at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Pursuit Aerospace (5) and Burt Process Equipment (2). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for TIG. TIG (GTAW) uses a non-consumable tungsten electrode with filler added by hand, giving the operator the most control of any process. It is slow, demanding, and the standard for stainless, aluminum, and anything where the bead has to look as good as it holds.

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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. Welders- Connecticut figures were last recalculated when this page was built.