Fabricator/Welder, food manufacturing

Location: Northvale, NJ
Compensation: $35–$45/hour + Benefits
Schedule: Monday–Friday, 6:00 AM–3:30 PM

A growing food manufacturer is seeking an experienced Fabricator / Sanitary Welder to support Engineering and Maintenance. This is a hands-on role for someone capable of independently taking stainless-steel fabrication projects from layout and fabrication through welding, finishing, installation, and turnover.

The ideal candidate has advanced sanitary welding and stainless-steel fabrication experience and can serve as a technical resource within the plant.

Responsibilities

• Fabricate, modify, install, and repair stainless-steel equipment, piping, tanks, conveyors, platforms, guarding, hoppers, and other components.
• Perform high-quality TIG and MIG welding, including thin-gauge and sanitary stainless applications.
• Lay out, cut, form, grind, polish, passivate, and finish stainless steel and other metals.
• Read blueprints, weld symbols, P&IDs, schematics, and engineering drawings.
• Build components from drawings and field measurements.
• Support equipment installations, utility tie-ins, capital projects, and equipment upgrades.
• Fabricate replacement parts to reduce equipment downtime.
• Apply sanitary design standards using 304/316L stainless and food-grade materials.
• Support troubleshooting, preventive maintenance, and continuous improvement.
• Mentor less-experienced fabricators and maintenance technicians.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of hands-on welding and fabrication experience.
• 3+ years in food, beverage, dairy, pharmaceutical, or another sanitary manufacturing environment.
• Advanced TIG and MIG stainless-steel welding skills.
• Experience with sanitary tubing, Tri-Clamp fittings, weld ferrules, and butt welds.
• Strong stainless-steel layout, fabrication, grinding, polishing, and finishing skills.
• Ability to independently complete fabrication projects.
• Ability to read engineering drawings, weld symbols, and P&IDs.
• Knowledge of sanitary design, GMPs, food safety, and CIP systems.
• AWS D1.6 or ASME Section IX certification is a strong plus.
• Orbital welding experience preferred.

Why Join?

• $35–$45/hour
• Monday–Friday day shift
• Benefits
• Skilled fabrication work with significant autonomy
• Opportunity to support equipment improvements and capital projects
• Stable, growing food manufacturing environment

Occasional weekend or shutdown work may be required.

Interested?

For confidential consideration, contact:

Alana Seddon Executive Search Consultant | Manufacturing & Industrial Operations
gpac – Growing People and Companies
Phone: 785-783-6703
Email: alana.seddon@gogpac.com

All inquiries will be held in the strictest confidence.

Keywords

Fabricator • Sanitary Welder • Stainless Steel Welder • TIG Welder • MIG Welder • GTAW • GMAW • Stainless Steel Fabrication • Sanitary Welding • Food Manufacturing • 304/316L Stainless • Tri-Clamp • Sanitary Piping • Orbital Welding • AWS D1.6 • ASME Section IX • P&ID • CIP • GMP • Equipment Fabrication

All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, age, color, sex (including pregnancy), religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, military status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable laws or regulations.

GPAC (Growing People and Companies) is an award-winning search firm specializing in placing quality professionals within multiple industries across the United States since 1990. We are extremely competitive, client-focused and realize that our value is in our ability to deliver the right solutions at the right time.